Spinoza and relational autonomy : being with others /

This collection of 13 new essays shows what Baruch Spinoza can add to our understanding of the relational nature of autonomy. By offering a relational understanding of the nature of individuals centred on the role played by emotions, Spinoza offers not only historical roots for contemporary debates...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Armstrong, Aurelia (Editor), Green, Keith (Editor), Sangiacomo, Andrea, 1986- (Editor)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press [2019]
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3366/j.ctvnjbh35
Table of Contents:
  • Relational autonomy : state of the art debate / Catriona Mackenzie
  • Epistemic autonomy in Descartes, Spinoza and Kant : the value of thinking for oneself / Ursula Renz
  • Spinoza on the interaction of ideas : biased beliefs / Martin Lenz
  • Spinoza on natures : Aristotelian and mechanistic routes to relational autonomy / Matthew Kisner
  • Spinoza's path from imaginative transindividuality to intuitive relational autonomy : from fusion, confusion and fragmentation to moral integrity / Heidi M. Ravven
  • Revisiting Spinoza's concept of Conatus : degrees of autonomy / C̜aroline Williams
  • Bodies politic and civic agreement / Justin Steinberg
  • Power, freedom and relational autonomy / Ericka Tucker
  • Spinoza on affirmation, Anima and autonomy : 'shattered spirits' / Keith Green
  • A Spinozistic approach to relational autonomy : the case of prostitution / Andrea Sangiacomo.