Hegel or spinoza is a surgically precise interrogation of the points of misreading of spinoza by hegel. Hegel o spinoza pierre macherey baruch spinoza georg. Since then, macherey has been closely engaged with the texts of spinoza, hegel and marx, and, through them, with a range of associated issues such as truth, science, critique, ideology, and the relationship between material and cultural or. A theory of literary production pierre macherey download. In reading some of the recent literature on spinoza, i found frequent reference to pierre macherey s book, hegel or spinoza, first published in french in 1977. Pierre machereys hegel or spinoza 1979 appears to propose a bifurcation in the history of thought. Hegel or spinoza the philosophy of spinoza has been receiving a great deal of attention recently, both in europe and the united states.
Pierre machereys map of spinozas ethics translation. Following pierre macherey and michel foucault, though, i challenge zizeks perspective by showing that spinoza proposed an alternative view of the self that turns out to be more useful than hegels for the development of a critical marxism. This chapter examines hegels use of the phrase alle bestimmheit ist negation negation as an almost magical formula that summarizes the entire framework of spinozism. Hegels idealist spinoza pierre macherey in avec spinoza. Between radical protestantism and jewishness introduction jonathan r. Folgen wir seiner selbstbeschreibung, dann mussen wir uns. Pierre machereys arguably most important book is called hegel or spinoza. As warren montag argues, it marked a divergence in the philosophical paths of pierre macherey and his mentor and colleague louis althusser, each responding in his own way to the violent misreading of their work as a socalled structuralism and the. Macherey shows us a spinoza that preemptively resists and challenges hegels understanding of spirit as subject realising itself through selfnegation and contradiction.
As warren montag argues, it marked a divergence in the philosophical paths of pierre macherey and his mentor and colleague louis althusser, each responding in his own way to the violent misreading of their work as a socalled structuralism and the resurgence of humanism or, perhaps more correctly, an. His work is influential in literary theory and continental philosophy in. Slavoj zizek, pierre macherey, hegels critique of spinoza, marxist. A former student of louis althusser and collaborator on the influential volume reading capital, macherey is a central figure in the development of french poststructuralism and marxism.
Chapter 5, the problem of the attributes by pierre macherey, originally appeared as chapter 2 of hegel an spinozi. For as long as philosophy has existed it has been intimately concerned with and profoundly perturbed by its history a history from which it would very much like to unburden itself, without really knowing how. Published in french in 1979, it has been widely influential, particularly in the work of the philosophers alain badiou, antonio negri, and gilles deleuze. With the exception of false elements from the domain of strict empiricism, hegels totalizing. According to hegel, one philosophy is necessarily superior because it follows. Some years ago, at the very beginning of my studies in philosophy, i. If you decide on a phonathon, prepare a script for every caller to follow.
Pierre macherey explains the necessity of hegels misreading in the kernel of thought that is indigestible for hegel, which makes the spinozist system move in a way that hegel cannot grasp. Spinozas treatise is concerned with distinguishing a true idea, that is, the best possible 5 curley, spinozaas an expositor of descartes, 3. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. Macherey attended the ecole normale superieure from 1958 to 1963, where he met louis althusser with whom he would work very closely for a number of years.
The politics of spinozism university of massachusetts boston. With all the recent notices over the new translation of pierre machereys hegel or spinoza, i was thinking of taking a look at it, but as a complete. Negri this 1 think as as a of ry rich fi gwgh on that of. The politics of spinozism composition and communication alberto toscano. He completed an ma in 1961 on spinoza a lifelong interest under the direction of georges canguilhem. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. C documents and settings hp owner local settings temp dkwdcd1. Hegel or spinoza is the first englishlanguage translation of the modern classic hegel ou spinoza. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search.
But this provocative title does little justice, in fact, to the complex and overdetermined relations between these two philosophical systems, relations that macherey draws out. I argue that this return is no longer a question of the alienation or realization of a human essence, but the way in which the very idea of the human is itself produced in and through the exploitation of labor power. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Its recent translation into english sparked yet another debate on the tension between spinoza and hegel. Hegel or spinoza first appeared in 1979 after an eightyear nearhiatus in macherey s work. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Spinoza fue l l a m a d o a q u u n a vez, pero en vano, c o m o usted s i n duda sabe. In reading some of the recent literature on spinoza, i found frequent reference to pierre machereys book, hegel or spinoza, first published in french in 1977. He was born in belfort, in the franchecomte region. Hegel or spinoza first appeared in 1979 after an eightyear nearhiatus in machereys work. Since then, macherey has been closely engaged with the texts of spinoza, hegel and marx, and, through them, with a range of associated issues such as truth, science, critique, ideology, and the relationship between material and cultural or intellectual modes of production.
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