Pizhuhish nāmah-i intiqādī-i mutūn va barnāmah hā-yi ̒ulūm-i insāni (Critical Studies in Texts & Programs of Human Sciences)

A Review of Philosophy, Theology, and Politics: A Reading of Benedict Spinoza’s Tractatus Theologico-Politicus

Document Type : Research

Authors

Seyyed Mustafa Shahraeeni 1
Mohammad Sina Mirzaei 2

1 Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Tabriz

2 PhD Student of Philosophy, University of Tabriz

https://doi.org/10.30465/crtls.2020.5301
Abstract
The book of Philosophy, Theology, and Politics: A Reading of Benedict Spinoza’s Tractatus Theologico-Politicus is intended to describe, analyze, and criticize the most important concepts contained in the Spinoza’s book by utilizing its precious resources and with an etymological look. The inner critique in this book outweighs the outer critique. Besides, many references and explanations about Spinoza’s philosophy, Bagley’s work has also become an admirable book among the commentaries or readings of the English-speaking world. Spinoza’s treatise is a book about theology and politics. However, Bagley holds that it is a book about theology and politics that is written by a philosopher. More precisely, it is a treatise written by someone whose allegiance is to philosophy rather than either to theology or to politics. This paper makes an effort to introduce, with a descriptive-analytical look, the formal and content structure of the Bagley’s book, and then to discuss its strengths and weaknesses.

Keywords

Spinoza’s Tractatus Theologico-Politicus
Paul Bagley
Philosophy
Theology
Politics
Inner Critique
the New MOSES

Subjects

اسپینوزا، باروخ (1390)، اخلاق، ترجمۀ محسن جهانگیری، تهران: مرکز نشر دانشگاهی.
 
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  • Receive Date 13 December 2019
  • Revise Date 08 April 2020
  • Accept Date 25 April 2020

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