Our inevitable third Spinoza Controversy : ontologies of necessity and environmental nihilism /

First providing a new and thought-provoking interpretation of the Spinoza Controversy of around 1800, and the Controversy's reprise in the 1920s, this work then makes a compelling case for the Controversy's ongoing vital relevance. If the Spinoza Controversy has historically been one of th...

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Main Author: Snow, Katherine C. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2026].
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