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When Spinoza Met Marx

by Tracie Matysik

  • Hardback
  • 368 pages
  • Publisher: The University Of Chicago Press
  • 23.7 x 15.9 x 3 cm

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For thinkers seeking deeper philosophical insights.

"When Spinoza Met Marx" clarifies complex ideas.

You’ll understand how to change your world today.

Discover how the ideas of Spinoza and Marx intertwine to explore the power of human activity and change in this thought-provoking book.

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Explores concepts that bring together the thinking of Spinoza and Marx. Karl Marx was a fiery revolutionary theorist who heralded the imminent demise of capitalism, while Spinoza was a contemplative philosopher who preached rational understanding and voiced skepticism about open rebellion. Spinoza criticized all teleological ideas as anthropomorphic fantasies, while Marxism came to be associated expressly with teleological historical development. Yet socialists of the German nineteenth-century were consistently drawn to Spinoza as their philosophical guide. Tracie Matysik shows how the metaphorical meeting of Spinoza and Marx arose out of an intellectual conundrum about the meaning of activity. How is it, exactly, that humans can be fully determined creatures and also able to change their world? To address this paradox, many revolutionary theorists came to think of activity in the sense of Spinoza--as relating. Matysik follows these Spinozist-socialist intellectual experiments as they unfolded across the nineteenth century, drawing lessons from them that may be meaningful for the contemporary world.
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  • Title

    When Spinoza Met Marx

  • Author

    Tracie Matysik

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    The University Of Chicago Press

  • Published

    January 2023

  • Weight

    577g

  • Page Count

    368

  • Dimensions

    23.7 x 15.9 x 3 cm

  • ISBN

    9780226822334

  • ISBN-10

    0226822338

  • Eden Code

    5696759

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