{"product_id":"spinoza-and-politics-9781844672059","title":"Spinoza and Politics","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Étienne Balibar\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Verso\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Verso\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Political\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith Hobbes and Locke, Spinoza is arguably one of the most important political philosophers of the modern era, a premier theoretician of democracy and mass politics. In this revised and augmented English translation of his 1985 classic, \u003ci\u003eSpinoza et la Politique\u003c\/i\u003e, Etienne Balibar presents a synoptic account of Spinoza's major works, admirably demonstrating relevance to his contemporary political life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBalibar carefully situates Spinoza's major treatises in the period in which they were written. In successive chapters, he examines the political situation in the United Provinces during Spinoza's lifetime, Spinoza's own religious and ideological associations, the concept of democracy developed in the \u003ci\u003eTheologico-Political Treatise\u003c\/i\u003e, the theory of the state advanced in the \u003ci\u003ePolitical Treatise\u003c\/i\u003e and the anthropological basis for politics established in the \u003ci\u003eEthics\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45413270814871,"sku":"9781844672059","price":1485.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781844672059.webp?v=1767444628","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/spinoza-and-politics-9781844672059","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}