The current enthusiasm for the original and radical democratic nature
of Spinoza’s political philosophy is not easy to justify, given the elusive character
of his few systematic remarks on democracy. But the Ethics as well as the political
writings contain a substantial political theory centered on the figure of the multitudo
(or people) that proves useful for current theorizing. It can help to conceive
of democracy not only as form-of-state but as form-of-life; it might serve as the
starting point for a conception of non-identitarian, “heterogeneous democracy”;
and it can provide a model for understanding political philosophy as political
ontology.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:80364 |
| Date | 10 August 2022 |
| Creators | Saar, Martin |
| Publisher | De Gruyter |
| Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| Language | German |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion, doc-type:article, info:eu-repo/semantics/article, doc-type:Text |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | 0031 |
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