Pierre machereys hegel or spinoza 1979 appears to propose a bifurcation in the history of thought. Spinoza, principles of cartesian philosophy, propo. Yet, for many philosophers and political theorists today, one must choose between hegel or spinoza. One of the early thinkers of the enlightenment and modern biblical criticism, including modern conceptions. Spinoza, une philosophie a plusieurs voix, philosophique, 1 1998. Indeed, macherey s meticulous undoing of hegel s reading of spinoza, in order to expose a deeper connection between the two philosophies, nicely accentuates some of the tensions framing recent discussions within contemporary continental political philosophy, where the perceived merits, and precise political. It marked, as warren montag argues, a divergence in the philosophical paths of pierre macherey and his mentor and by then colleague louis althusser, each responding in their own way to the violent misreading of their work as a socalled. Hegel or spinoza is the first englishlanguage translation of the modern classic hegel ou spinoza. Pierre macherey explains the necessity of hegel s misreading in the kernel of thought that is indigestible for hegel, which makes the spinozist system move in a way that hegel cannot grasp.
Nov 14, 2011 hegel or spinoza is a surgically precise interrogation of the points of misreading of spinoza by hegel. Sep 25, 2019 hegel ou spinoza first appeared in 1979 after an eightyear near hiatus in pierre macherey s work. The whole of spinoza s philosophy is contained in these definitions, which, however, taken as a whole are formal. 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. Hegel or spinoza the philosophy of spinoza has been receiving a great deal of attention recently, both in europe and the united states. The real opposition then lies elsewhere, something most immediately apparent in the title of pierre machereys 1979 book, hegel ou spinoza. In this work, macherey contributes to a much more wideranging project unfolding at that time in french intellectual life more generally with the aim both to purge modern french philosophy of a. Pierre macherey provides a surgically precise interrogation of the points of misreading of spinoza by hegel and initiates an encounter that produces a new understanding, a common truth that emerges in the interval that separates the two.
Hegel or spinoza is a surgically precise interrogation of the points of misreading of spinoza by hegel. Hegels history of philosophy marxists internet archive. 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. The key touchstones for this work were pierre machereys hegel ou spinoza, published in 1979. 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. Dec 12, 2008 spinoza, principles of cartesian philosophy, propo. Pierre machereys arguably most important book is called hegel or spinoza. Wegner as my title indicates, i hope in the pages that follow to offer a few productive. Hegel or spinoza first appeared in 1979 after an eightyear nearhiatus in macherey s work. Hegel o spinoza pierre macherey baruch spinoza georg. 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. In mathematics this method is permitted, because at the outset we there make assumptions, such as that of the point and line.
So similar that hegel was quoted saying on wikipedia youre either a spinozist, or not. A better way of asking would be is hegel similar to spinoza. As deleuzes influential interpretation maintains, hegel exemplifies and promotes the modern. Puf, 1994 maimonides, guide of the perplexed, trans. This is a most timely translation of pierre macherey s 1979 work hegel ou spinoza. His work is influential in literary theory and continental philosophy in. Descartes first law of nature and second law of na. His answer, of course, was spinoza, and his reason for putting spinoza after hegel was to suggest that spinoza had been capable of reading hegel in a certain sense, and was in fact a better reader of hegel than. Macherey, pierre hegel ou spinoza georg wilhelm friedrich. He is considered one of the great rationalists of 17thcentury philosophy and, by virtue of his magnum opus the ethics, one of the definitive. Slavoj zizek, pierre macherey, hegels critique of spinoza, marxist.
Ainsi nous nkchappons pas ii cette double 1 1, 1 1. 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. Indeed, machereys meticulous undoing of hegels reading of spinoza, in order to expose a deeper connection between the two philosophies, nicely accentuates some of the tensions framing recent discussions within contemporary continental political philosophy, where the perceived merits, and precise political. Slavoj zizek, pierre macherey, hegel s critique of spinoza, marxist. Setting out from a comment made by althusser spinoza is the only direct ancestor of marx i try to demonstrate that even though the relationship between spinoza and marx has limited support at a historiographical level, a determined set of ideas of spinoza can be. Macherey, pierre 2006, hegel o spinoza, buenos aires, tinta limon, p. The connection between marx and spinoza is generally framed these days through either althusser and the works of etienne balibar and pierre macherey, or antonio negri and other members of the autonomist tradition. In 1979 pierre macherey asked, intentionally messing with the chronology, hegel or spinoza. For the groupe spinoza in the s, not only was spinoza s philosophy viewed as a necessary detour to clarify marxs relation to hegel althusser, but hegel s own relation to spinoza was also deemed worthy of close analysis for its own contribution to marxist theory. Hegel ou spinoza first appeared in 1979 after an eightyear near hiatus in pierre machereys work.
The philosophy of descartes underwent a great variety of unspeculative developments, but in benedict spinoza a direct successor to this philosopher may be found, and one who carried. 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. Its recent translation into english sparked yet another debate on the tension between spinoza and hegel. Pierre macherey not only demonstrates how hegel misread spinoza, but also offers against the backdrop of the hegelian dialectic an exciting and original.
Published in french init has been widely influential, particularly in the work of the philosophers alain badiou, antonio negri, and gilles deleuze. George louis kline march 3, 1921 october 21, 2014 was a philosopher, translator esp. Recent work in political philosophy and the history of ideas presents spinoza and hegel as the most powerful living alternatives to mainstream enlightenment thought. Hegel or spinoza first appeared in 1979 after an eightyear nearhiatus in machereys work. This is a most timely translation of pierre machereys 1979 work hegel ou spinoza. Pdf spinozas dialectic and the paradoxes of tolerance. Published in french in 1979, it has been widely influential, particularly in the work of the philosophers alain badiou, antonio negri, and gilles deleuze. Descargue como pdf, txt o lea en linea desde scribd. Hegels critique of spinoza thus boils down to the charge that the. Hegel ou spinoza first appeared in 1979 after an eightyear near hiatus in pierre macherey s work. In this work, macherey contributes to a much more wideranging project unfolding at that time in french intellectual life more generally with the aim both to purge modern french philosophy of a hegelianism. Second, while the critical theory of the frankfurt school is grounded in.
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 hegel s for the development of a critical marxism. 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. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Machereys hegel ou spinoza, le fini et linfini, summarized.