Spinoza in Twenty-First-Century American and French Philosophy : Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind, Moral and Political Philosophy

"Over recent decades, Spinoza scholarship has significantly developed in both France and the United States, shedding new light on the work of this major philosopher. Spinoza in Twenty-First-Century American and French Philosophy systematically unites for the first time American and French Spinoza specialists in conversation with each other, illustrating the fecundity of bringing together diverse approaches to the study of Early Modern philosophy. Spinoza in Twenty-First-Century American and French Philosophy gives readers a unique opportunity to discover the most consequential and sophisticated aspects of American and French Spinoza research today. Featuring chapters by American scholars with French experts responding to these, the book is structured according to the themes of Spinoza's philosophy, including metaphysics, philosophy of mind, moral philosophy and political philosophy. The contributions consider the full range of Spinoza's philosophy, with chapters addressing not only the Ethics but his lesser-known early works and political works as well. Issues covered include Spinoza's views on substance and mode, his conception of number, his account of generosity as freedom, and many other topics."--Bloomsbury Publishing. Contents......Page 6 About this Book......Page 10 About the Authors......Page 12 Acknowledgments......Page 19 Abbreviations and Citations......Page 20 General Introduction......Page 23 Part I: Metaphysics......Page 40 1 Spinoza’s Metaphysics Revisited Edwin Curley......Page 42 A Response: On Spinoza, Possible Worlds, and Pantheism Pierre-François Moreau......Page 91 2 The Elusiveness of the One and the Many in Spinoza: Substance, Attribute, and Mode Michael Della Rocca......Page 98 A Response: In What Way It Exists Pascal Sévérac......Page 126 3 The Earliest Draft of Spinoza’s Ethics Yitzhak Y. Melamed......Page 132 A Response: Accidents and Modifications: An Additional Note on Axioms 1 and 2 in Appendix 1 of the Short Treatise Mogens Lærke......Page 152 4 Metaphysical Rationalism Martin Lin......Page 160 A Response: Leibniz’s Principle of (Sufficient) Reason and Principle of Identity of Indiscernibles Valérie Debuiche......Page 183 5 The Transformation of Relations in Spinoza’s Metaphysics Simon B. Duffy......Page 194 A Response: Essence, Variations in Power, and “Becoming Other” in Spinoza Céline Hervet......Page 210 Part II: Philosophy of Mind......Page 218 6 Spinoza’s Two Claims about the Mind-Body Relation Alison Peterman......Page 220 A Response: A Puzzle in Spinoza’s Views on the Mind-Body Problem Jack Stetter......Page 235 7 Spinoza’s True Ideas: Suggestive Convergences Knox Peden......Page 246 A Response: Althusser, Spinoza, and the Specter of the Cartesian Subject Pascale Gillot......Page 262 8 Spinoza on Beings of Reason [Entia Rationis] and the Analogical Imagination Michael A. Rosenthal......Page 270 A Response: Analogia and Ens Rationis Jacqueline Lagrée......Page 290 Part III: Moral Philosophy......Page 296 9 Spinoza on Good and Bad Steven Nadler......Page 298 A Response: The Knowledge of Good and Bad Lorenzo Vinciguerra......Page 311 10 Generosity as Freedom in Spinoza’s Ethics Hasana Sharp......Page 316 A Response: A Generous Reading Ariel Suhamy......Page 328 Part IV: Political Philosophy......Page 334 11 Anthropomorphism, Teleology, and Superstition: The Politics of Obedience in Spinoza’s Tractatus Theologico-Politicus Daniel Garber......Page 336 A Response: Logic of the Superstitious, Logic of the Pious Chantal Jaquet......Page 350 12 Individual and Community and its American Legacy Steven Barbone......Page 358 A Response: Between Matheron and Spinoza, Something Happens ... Laurent Bove......Page 364 13 Spinoza’s Formulation of the Radical Enlightenment’s Two Foundational Concepts: How Much Did He Owe to the Dutch Golden Age Political-Theological Context? Jonathan Israel......Page 374 A Response: Spinoza’s Paradoxical Radicalism Charles Ramond......Page 388 Bibliography......Page 400 Index Locorum......Page 423 Index Nominum......Page 428 "Over the last few decades, Spinoza scholarship has developed in the United States, providing new perspectives on the work of this major philosopher. Spinoza in 21st-Century American and French Philosophy unites for the first time French and American scholars in conversation with each other and illustrates the fecundity of bringing together analytic and Continental scholarly traditions. Spinoza in 21st-Century American and French Philosophy gives readers a unique opportunity to discover the most consequential and sophisticated aspects of American and French Spinoza research today. Featuring chapters by American scholars with French experts responding to these, the book is structured according to the themes of Spinoza's philosophy, including metaphysics, philosophy of mind, moral philosophy and political philosophy. The contributions consider the full range of his work, with chapters addressing the Ethics, his ideas on individuals and community, and the nature of embodiment, among other topics"-- Provided by publisher