Collective Imaginings: Spinoza, Past and Present

by Moira Gatens and Genevieve Lloyd

Book Overview

Why would the work of the 17th century philosopher Benedict de Spinoza concern us today? How can Spinoza shed any light on contemporary thought?
In this intriguing book, Moira Gatens and Genevieve Lloyd show us that in spite of or rather because of Spinoza's apparent strangeness, his philosophy can be a rich resource for cultural self-understanding in the present.
Collective Imaginings draws on recent re-assessments of the philosophy of Spinoza...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415165717
• ISBN13: 9780415165716
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"