Spinoza and the Freedom of Philosophizing
«There is much to admire in Lærke's book...Lærke poses elegant solutions to various enduring puzzles of interpretation, notably regarding the status of Spinoza's doctrines of universal faith and regarding his inconsistent commitment to social contract explanation.»
Sandra Leonie Field, Yale-Nus College, Singapore, History of Political Thought
Spinoza and the Freedom of Philosophizing is a study of freedom of speech, good government, civic responsibility, public education, and the foundations of religion and society, as seen through the eyes of seventeenth-century Dutch philosopher Spinoza. Les mer
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and the general citizenry. Missing, however, were guidelines for how and when to address questions of public concern and how to form unprejudiced citizens in possession of their own free judgment, capable of speaking up for themselves in public deliberations with the common interest in view. The book argues
that Spinoza's conception of the freedom of philosophizing, and the systematic political theory he developed to defend it in his 1670 Theological-Political Treatise, were conceived to provide just such guidelines. It shows how Spinoza understood the freedom of philosophizing as a collective style of reasoning and argument based on mutual teaching and advising, a model for the public sphere in a free republic. It studies the conditions under which such a public sphere of free
philosophizing could flourish, how it would require popular reform of public education and democratic reorganization of the relations between political counsel and sovereign command. It also shows how Spinoza designed theological and political doctrines of universal faith and social contract in order to promote true
religion and a sense of civic duty, and asserted the state's right over sacred matters as a means to ensure mutual toleration in a multi-religious society.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Oxford University Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780192895417
- Utgivelsesår
- 2021
- Format
- 3 x 16 cm
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«There is much to admire in Lærke's book...Lærke poses elegant solutions to various enduring puzzles of interpretation, notably regarding the status of Spinoza's doctrines of universal faith and regarding his inconsistent commitment to social contract explanation.»
Sandra Leonie Field, Yale-Nus College, Singapore, History of Political Thought
«Elegantly constructed and written, Lærke's study is well worth reading and rereading as a major contribution to the lively area of Spinoza scholarship.»
Julie R. Klein, Journal of the History of Philosophy, Volume 61.3