The multitude in Spinoza : from physics to politics
- Londres : Bloomsbury, 2025
- 186 p.
Introduction PART I: The Body - 1. Physics in Descartes' “Principles of Philosophy” -- 2. Physics in Ethics -- PART II: The Multitude - 3. From Physics to Affects -- 4. The Multitude in the Theological-Political Treatise -- 5. The Multitude in the Political Treatise -- PART III: Excursus - 6. The Conceptual Origin of the Multitude -- 7. The Conceptual Futures of the Multitude -- PART IV: The State - 8. Power as potentia and potestas -- 9. The Constitution of Democracy as imperium absolutum -- 10. The Place of Institutions -- Conclusion: The Various Faces of the Multitude and the State