Edinburgh University Press Politics, Ontology and Ethics in Spinoza: Essays by Alexandre Matheron (Spinoza Studies)

A definitive collection of Matheron's essays on Spinoza - translated into English for the first time. Offers an opportunity to access essential writings by Alexandre Matheron, which are considered among the most important in. Establishes a rigorous philosophical dialogue between Spinoza and Marx. Includes Matheron's critical responses to other influential 20th-century interpreters of Spinoza. Sets the scene with a substantial introduction that situates - critically and historically - Matheron's project and some of the major themes of Spinoza's philosophy. Opens up new directions for research for scholars interested in Spinoza, Marxism and French intellectual history. Alexandre Matheron has worked and written substantially on Spinoza since the publication of his influential 1969 masterpiece Individu et communauté chez Spinoza (Éditions de Minuit) and he is considered one of the most important interpreters of Spinoza's philosophy in the twentieth century. The 20 essays gathered here focus on the themes of ontology, knowledge, politics and ethics in Spinoza, his predecessors and his contemporaries. This is a crucial collection for anyone seeking to understand 20th-century continental Spinozism.