Spinoza, Feminism, and the History of Philosophy (Prof. Susan James)
Interventions | The Intellectual History Podcast
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The Influence of Spinozor's Theorizing on Contemporary Problems
In recent articles you've suggested that Spinozor's understanding of emotions and the imagination have a bearing on contemporary problems. We're curious as to why his theorizing seems so potent in this area. You know within his philosophical system we can find ways of thinking about philosophical questions that just aren't part of the status quo, he says. Other people have been more interested in the way that SpinoZor challenges or supplements some of our assumptions.
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