Reading Spinoza in the Anthropocene

Genevieve Lloyd is Emeritus Professor in Philosophy at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia and a fellow of the Australian Academy of Humanities. Her main research areas have been in History of Philosophy, Philosophy and Literature and Feminist Philosophy. She is the author of Reclaiming Wonder: After the Sublime (Edinburgh University Press, 2018), Enlightenment Shadows (Oxford University Press, 2013), Providence Lost (Harvard University Press, 2008), Collective Imaginings(Routledge, 1999), Spinoza and the Ethics (Routledge, 1996), Part of Nature (Cornell University Press, 1994), Being in Time (Routledge, 1993) and The Man of Reason (2nd edn) (Routledge,1993).

Over many years, and across several publications, Genevieve Lloyd has demonstrated that Spinoza’s thought is not a mere historical curiosity, but offers crucial resources to comprehend our contemporary predicament and to engage with the world around us. Reading Spinoza in the Anthropocene is a brilliant effort to think through the major challenges faced by humanity duty from the perspective of Spinoza’s radical philosophy. A must read for Spinoza scholars and anyone who cares about the fate of humanity today.

• Spinoza Texts and AbbreviationsIntroduction: Spinoza in a Contemporary Context‘God’ and ‘Nature’Embodied KnowingThe Whole MindThe Power of the Human MindBeyond ReasonAlternative InterpretationsRethinking the PresentImagining the FutureConcluding Remarks: ‘Descartes’ and ‘Spinoza’Bibliography