Combining careful historical and textual analysis with comparisons
across past and present political theory, this book re-establishes
Spinoza as a collectivist philosopher.Taking as its starting point
the formative role of fear in Spinoza's thought, Dan Taylor argues
that Spinoza's vision of human freedom and power is realised
socially and collectively. He offers a new critical study of the
collectivist Spinoza, where we can become freer through desire,
friendship, the imagination and transforming the social
institutions that structure a given community. A freedom for one
and all, attuned to the vicissitudes of human life and the
capabilities of each one of us to live up to the demands and
constraints of our limited autonomy. This book develops and
enriches the continental tradition of Spinozism, drawing on a range
of untranslated materials and bringing a fresh perspective to key
debates. It repositions Spinoza as the central thinker of desire
and freedom and demonstrates how the conflicts within his work
inform contemporary theoretical discussions around democracy, the
multitude, populism and power.
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