In
juni 2019 verschijnt het derde en laatste van drie delen in een reeks werken
van Antnio Negri bij de uitgever Polity, alle vertaald door Ed Emery:
Antonio
Negri, Spinoza Then and Now, Essays.
Transl. Ed Emery. Polity, June 2019 – zowel hardback als paperback, 272
pagina's
This third and final volume of the series of writings
by Antonio Negri examines how Spinoza’s thought constitutes a radical break
with past ideas and an essential tool for envisaging a form of politics beyond
capitalism.
Negri shows how Spinoza’s ideas have facilitated
radical renewal from their beginnings to the present day. It was the democratic
freedoms and spirit of solidarity fostered in The Netherlands of the 17th
century that allowed Spinoza to develop a radically new form of thought,
redefining notions of the state and outlining a republican alternative to
absolutist monarchy. In our own era, Negri argues that the rediscovery of
Spinoza was critical in reinvigorating political theory. Instead of acquiescing
to the economic order of capitalism and abandoning the class struggle,
Spinoza’s ideas enable us to reconstruct a revolutionary perspective. His
treatment of concepts such as multitude, necessity, and liberty have given us
new ways of looking critically at our present, revealing that power must always
be seen as a question of antagonism and class struggle.
The writings that make up this volume – some written
from prison as Negri fought for his own freedom – provide an important account
of the enduring relevance of Spinoza’s thought. It will be of great interest to
students and scholars of philosophy
De
eerder verschenen delen zijn:
Antonio
Negri, Marx and Foucault, Essays
Volume 1. Transl. Ed Emery. Polity, December 2016 - 220 pages
Antonio
Negri, From the Factory to the Metropolis,
Essays Volume 2. Transl. Ed Emery. Polity, January 2018 - 220 pages
Je
zou denken dat alles van Negri over Spinoza al in het Engels vertaald was. Maar goed, voor wie niet
genoeg van Negri kunnen krijgen...
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