Feminist interpretations of Benedict Spinoza / edited by Moira Gatens.

Other author Gatens, Moira.
Format Book
Publication InfoUniversity Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2009.
Descriptionxiv, 239 pages ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677.
Feminist criticism.

SeriesRe-reading the canon
Re-reading the canon. ^A682714
Contents Introduction: Through Spinoza's "looking glass" / Moira Gatens -- Dominance and difference : a Spinozistic alternative to the distinction between "sex" and "gender" / Genevieve Lloyd -- Autonomy and the relational individual : Spinoza and feminism / Aurelia Armstrong -- Spinoza on the pathos of idolatrous love and the hilarity of true love / Amelie Rorty -- Spinoza and sexuality / Alexandre Matheron -- Reason, sexuality, and the self in Spinoza / David West -- What Spinoza can teach us about embodying and naturalizing ethics / Heidi Morrison Ravven -- Adam and the serpent : everyman and the imagination / Paola Grassi -- The envelope : a reading of Spinoza's ethics, "of God" / Luce Irigaray -- Re-reading Irigaray's Spinoza / Sarah Donovan -- The politics of the imagination / Moira Gatens -- Law and sovereignty in Spinoza's politics / Susan James.
Abstract "A collection of essays on the metaphysical, political, theological, ethical and psychological writings of Spinoza. Examines the ways in which his philosophy presents a resource for the re-conceptualization of friendship, sexuality, politics and ethics in contemporary life"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2008045147
ISBN9780271035154 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0271035153 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780271035161 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0271035161 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks B3998 .F28 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold