Moira Gatens is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sydney in Australia. Among her previous books is Collective Imaginings: Spinoza, Past and Present (1999).

“This volume makes a significant contribution, both to Spinoza studies and to feminist theory. This stimulating collection of essays offers readers in both fields some provocative, and sometimes controversial, new interpretations of the classic rationalist philosopher.”—Michael Rosenthal, University of Washington

• ContentsPrefaceNancy TuanaAcknowledgmentsList of Abbreviations and Notes on Translations1. Introduction: Through Spinoza’s “Looking Glass”Moira Gatens2. Dominance and Difference: A Spinozistic Alternative to the Distinction Between “Sex” and “Gender”Genevieve Lloyd 3. Autonomy and the Relational Individual: Spinoza and FeminismAurelia Armstrong4. Spinoza on the Pathos of Idolatrous Love and the Hilarity of True LoveAmelie Rorty5. Spinoza and SexualityAlexandre Matheron6. Reason, Sexuality, and the Self in SpinozaDavid West7. What Spinoza Can Teach Us About Embodying and Naturalizing EthicsHeidi Morrison Ravven8. Adam and the Serpent: Everyman and the ImaginationPaola Grassi9. The Envelope: A Reading of Spinoza’s Ethics, “Of God”Luce Irigaray10. Re-reading Irigaray’s SpinozaSarah Donovan11. The Politics of the ImaginationMoira Gatens12. Law and Sovereignty in Spinoza’s PoliticsSusan JamesFurther ReadingList of ContributorsIndex

Moira Gatens is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sydney in Australia. Among her previous books is Collective Imaginings: Spinoza, Past and Present (1999).

“This volume makes a significant contribution, both to Spinoza studies and to feminist theory. This stimulating collection of essays offers readers in both fields some provocative, and sometimes controversial, new interpretations of the classic rationalist philosopher.”—Michael Rosenthal, University of Washington

• ContentsPrefaceNancy TuanaAcknowledgmentsList of Abbreviations and Notes on Translations1. Introduction: Through Spinoza’s “Looking Glass”Moira Gatens2. Dominance and Difference: A Spinozistic Alternative to the Distinction Between “Sex” and “Gender”Genevieve Lloyd 3. Autonomy and the Relational Individual: Spinoza and FeminismAurelia Armstrong4. Spinoza on the Pathos of Idolatrous Love and the Hilarity of True LoveAmelie Rorty5. Spinoza and SexualityAlexandre Matheron6. Reason, Sexuality, and the Self in SpinozaDavid West7. What Spinoza Can Teach Us About Embodying and Naturalizing EthicsHeidi Morrison Ravven8. Adam and the Serpent: Everyman and the ImaginationPaola Grassi9. The Envelope: A Reading of Spinoza’s Ethics, “Of God”Luce Irigaray10. Re-reading Irigaray’s SpinozaSarah Donovan11. The Politics of the ImaginationMoira Gatens12. Law and Sovereignty in Spinoza’s PoliticsSusan JamesFurther ReadingList of ContributorsIndex