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Spinoza après Marx, ou le problème de l’ontologie marxienne

Hulak’s article is in French on cairn.info but the English abstract is pasted below. Why does the idea of a « spinozist » Marx seem so obvious nowadays, while there is no agreement at all about the features of this « spinozism », and … Continue reading

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Macherey: Lire Foucault and Other Recent Presentations

Pierre Macherey has posted four recent presentations on Foucault (from the “Foucault au collège de France : une aventure intellectuelle et éditoriale” conference), Althusser, and Hegel/Spinoza on his blog (thanks to Jason Read for posting this on Facebook).

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Frédéric Lordon’s Willing Slaves of Capital Review

My review of Lordon’s Willing Slaves of Capital is now posted on Antipode‘s website.

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Deleuze’s transcribed lectures

A reminder, for those who have yet to come across this incredible resource. I somehow lost my pdf of Deleuze’s lectures on Spinoza and affect and came back to find it here (the pdf is in a zip file that … Continue reading

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SLU Immaterial/Biopolitical Labor I

From Hardt and Negri’s Multitude (pg 108-109): Immaterial labor “creates immaterial products, such as knowledge, information, communication, or an emotional response,” and has two forms, which are typically combined in immaterial labor: 1) It can be primarily intellectual or linguistic … Continue reading

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Eugene Holland on Spinoza and Marx

Originally posted on Becoming Poor:
Haven’t read it yet, but it is almost certainly worth the time…

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How to Parent 1

“The walls of Lacan’s boyhood bedroom were covered in diagrams and coloured arrows that charted the supple architecture of Spinoza’s Ethics…” (Gregory J. Seigworth, “From Affection to Soul” in Deleuze: Key Concepts, 184).  

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The Intellectual Love of God

(This is my final response for the Spinoza seminar I’m taking this quarter. After ten weeks of reading the Ethics — and hardly writing a word here — this is how I understand one of the central themes of Part … Continue reading

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Macherey, Hegel or Spinoza – panel discussion

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
The discussion of Pierre Macherey, Hegel or Spinoza at the Association of American Geographers included Keith Woodward, Susan Ruddick, Stuart Elden, Vinay Gidwani, and Warren Montag. You can find the audio recording here. I’ve posted the following before,…

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Spinoza’s Ethics, Part 1, P1-P5

In an attempt to uncover Spinoza’s logic, I’m going to transcribe his propositions without the exact verbiage of his demonstrations, etc., and provide my own words for understanding what he means (or at least reword his demonstrations for myself). P1: … Continue reading

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