Spinoza's Authority Volume I

Spinoza's political thought has been subject to a significant revival of interest in recent years. As a response to difficult times students and scholars have returned to this founding figure of modern philosophy as a means to help reinterpret and rethink the political present.<i> </i><i>Spinoza's Authority Volume I: Resistance and Power in Ethics </i>makes a significant contribution to this ongoing reception and utilization of Spinoza's political thought by focusing on his posthumously published <i>Ethics<b>.</b></i> By taking the concept of authority as an original framework this books asks: How is authority related to ethics ontology and epistemology? What are the social historical and representational processes that produce authority and resistance? And what are the conditions of effective resistance?<br/> <i><br/>Spinoza's Authority </i>features a roster of internationally established theorists of Spinoza's work and covers key elements of Spinoza's political philosophy including: questions of authority the resistance to authority sovereign power democratic control and the role of Spinoza's multitudes.