Antonio Negri, one of the world's leading scholars on the thought and contemporary legacy of Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677), provides a clear explanation of the philosopher's detailed arguments and a compelling case for his continuing importance. In response to renewed interest in Spinoza's thought and its applicability to contemporary global issues, Negri demonstrates the particular value of this thinker in politics, philosophy, and related disciplines. Negri's work is both a return to, and a development of, his initial emphasis on Spinoza's thought in The Monstrous Anomaly. He also defends his understanding of the philosopher as a pioneer of postmodernism, or a thinker who, with the advent of postmodernism, now becomes contemporary. Negri also links Spinoza's theories to recent trends in political philosophy, particularly the re-engagement with Carl Schmitt's "political theology", and the history of philosophy, including the argument that Spinoza belongs to the "radical Enlightenment". By positioning Spinoza as a contemporary revolutionary thinker, Negri effectively addresses and challenges the criticisms leveled at the twentieth-century thinker by Jacques Derrida, Alain Badiou, and Giorgio Agamben.
Spinoza for our time: politics and postmodernism
سبينوزا لعصرنا .. السياسة وما بعد الحداثة
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Bibliographic Data
| Author | |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Columbia University PressWebsite |
| Publisher Address | Columbia University Press |
| Country | USA |
| Primary Category | Ideas and Policies |
| Published | 2026 |
| Language | English (EN) |
| Pages | 152 pages |
| Edition | First edition |
| Dimensions | 6x9 |
| ISBN | 9780231224192 |
| Translation | Not Translated |
About Antonio Negri
Antonio Negri is an independent researcher and world-renowned theorist, who has taught political philosophy at the University of Padua, the University of Vincennes, and College Internationale de Philosophie. His books include *Factory of Strategy: Thirty-three Lessons on Lenin*; *The Politics of Subversion: A Manifesto for the Twenty-First Century*; and *Negri on Negri: In Conversation with Anne Dufourmentelle*. With Michael Hardt, he coauthored the best-selling trilogy, *Empire*, *Multitude*, and *Commonwealth*.
