Spinoza and the Politics of Renaturalization
Regular price
€40.99
14 days return policy
Shipping & Delivery
A01=Hasana Sharp
affect theory
Age Group_Uncategorized
Age Group_Uncategorized
agency
animal affects
Author_Hasana Sharp
automatic-update
beast within
beasts
butler
Category1=Non-Fiction
Category=HP
Category=JPA
Category=QDHR
Category=QDTS
conatus
control
COP=United States
cupiditas
deep ecology
Delivery_Delivery within 10-20 working days
desire
elizabeth grosz
eq_bestseller
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
eq_society-politics
ethics
feminism
glory
hegel
humanity
imperceptibility
impersonal
Language_English
natural forces
naturalism
nature
nonfiction
nonhuman animals
norms
PA=Available
personal
philosophy
politics
Price_€20 to €50
PS=Active
race
reason
recognition
renaturalization
softlaunch
spinoza
utility
Product details
- ISBN 9780226792484
- Weight: 381g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 01 Feb 2021
- Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
There have been many Spinozas over the centuries: atheist, romantic pantheist, great thinker of the multitude, advocate of the liberated individual, and rigorous rationalist. The common thread connecting all of these clashing perspectives is Spinoza’s naturalism, the idea that humanity is part of nature, not above it.
In this sophisticated new interpretation of Spinoza’s iconoclastic philosophy, Hasana Sharp draws on his uncompromising naturalism to rethink human agency, ethics, and political practice. Sharp uses Spinoza to outline a practical wisdom of “renaturalization,” showing how ideas, actions, and institutions are never merely products of human intention or design, but outcomes of the complex relationships among natural forces beyond our control. This lack of a metaphysical or moral division between humanity and the rest of nature, Sharp contends, can provide the basis for an ethical and political practice free from the tendency to view ourselves as either gods or beasts.
Sharp’s groundbreaking argument critically engages with important contemporary thinkers—including deep ecologists, feminists, and race and critical theorists—making Spinoza and the Politics of Renaturalization vital for a wide range of scholars.
Hasana Sharp is assistant professor of philosophy at McGill University.
