"Marx' Spinoza-Hefte" & "Spinoza und Nietzsche"
Gisteren werden twee artikelen uit de Spinoza-Special, Spinoza und ›wir‹, van Das Argument [Nr 307/2014 - cf. blog] overgenomen op Linksnet, Für linke Politik und Wisenschaft.
Marx' Spinoza-Hefte
van Nicolás González Varela - door Peter Jehle uit het Spaans vertaald.
"Marx war zweifellos ein aufmerksamer Leser des politischen Spinoza." Lees verder
Spinoza und Nietzsche
Wider die Verwechslung von Handlungsfähigkeit und Herrschaftsmacht
van Jan Rehmann
"Dass Nietzsches Machtbegriff in Kontinuität zu Spinozas potentia zu verstehen sei, ist zu einem Gemeinplatz in der Sekundärliteratur geworden." Lees verder
Vooral dat tweede artikel is wellicht handig vooraf te lezen door de deelemers aan de Spinoza Zomercursus ter voorbereiding op de behandeling a.s. maandagmiddag door Piet Steenbakkers: Nietzsche en Spinoza.
Tevens verwijs ik hier naar het blogartikel
Why Philosophy Matters
door Levi R. Bryant op zijn blog Larval Subjects
dat aldus eindigt:
"... all of our language and action is riddled with concepts. What we discern of being is based on prior concepts of being. What we do is premised on prior concepts. Concepts are everywhere operative in our action and inquiry. However, these concepts are also unconscious. They are so immediate, so close to us, we use them so readily, that we treat the world as being identical with the concept of the world and are unaware that we’re using these concepts at all. Schizophrenia obviously appears to be a neurological disorder, rather than a visitation by gods or a product of a particular cultural organization in history. Philosophy is that work of rendering the concepts governing our actions and our observation of the world conscious so that they might be subjected to critique to see how they hold up. In doing so, philosophy hopes to produce better and more just action, as well as better inquiry into the world. A concept is never just a representation. It is a schema for action and comportment."
