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| Titre : | Spinoza's Critique of Religion |
| Auteurs : | Leo Strauss, Auteur |
| Type de document : | texte imprimé |
| Editeur : | New York [USA] : Schocken Books, 1982 |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-0-8052-0704-0 |
| Format : | v + 351 p. |
| Note générale : | Ed. originale: Die Religionskritik Spinozas als Grundlage seiner Bibelwissenschaft. Untersuchungen zu Spinozas Theologisch-Politischem Traktat (1930) |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Index. décimale : | QW/C (Etudes sur des philosophes: Renaissance et Lumières (15e-17e s.)) |
| Résumé : |
Leo Strauss’ study of Spinoza’s religious philosophy is a three-part tour de force of analysis and comparison. Central to the book is a careful presentation of Spinoza’s epochal work, the Tractatus Theologicopoliticus, with its critique of orthodoxy, Maimonides, and Calvin, as well as Spinoza’s original discussions of revelation, the social function of religion, and biblical science. Professor Strauss sets the context for his study of Spinoza with an overview of the major current of critical controversy on religion, from Epicurus through Uriel da Costa to Thomas Hobbes. Finally, Professor Strauss’s long preface, an intellectual autobiography, will be of special interest to many readers: it traces his own development as a political philosopher from the dilemmas of a young intellectual in the Weimar Republic and Hitler’s Germany to the plight of a scholar in exile.
Printed as an afterword is an essay on the political theory of Carl Schmitt, who was to become a Nazi apologist. |
| Note de contenu : |
- Preface to the English translation PART ONE - THE TRADITION OF THE CRITIQUE OF RELIGION Introduction - I. The tradition of the critique of religion - II. Uriel Da Costa - III. Isaac de la Peyrère - IV. Thomas Hobbes : A. The Spirit of Physics ( Technology} and Religion / B. The Spirit of Commonwealth (Morality} and Religion / C. The Theoretical Critique and Hobbes' Attitude to Religion / D. The Critique of the Bible PART TWO - SPINOZA’S CRITIQUE OF RELIGION - Introduction - V. The critique of orthodoxy: A. The Critique on the Basis of Scripture / B. The Critique on the Basis of Reason (Critique of Scripture): 1. The Critique of Miracles ; 2. The Critique of the Teachings of Scripture ; 3. The Philological-Historical Critique / C. The Premises and the Limitation of the Critique of Orthodoxy - VI. The critique of Maimonides: A. The Divergences between Spinoza and Maimonides: 1. According to Spinoza’s Own View ; 2. As Contrast regarding the Central Theological Assumption ; 3. As Contrast regarding the Conception of Man ; 4. As Contrast regarding the Attitude towards Jewish Life / B. Spinoza’s Critique: 1. The Critique on the Basis of Maimonides’ Science; 2. The Critique on the Basis of Modern Metaphysics (a. The Concept of Prejudice and Modern Metaphysics; b. The Critique of Prophecy; c. The Critique of Miracles) ; 3. The Limitation of this Critique - VII. The critique of Calvin: A. Calvin’s Position as Immune to Spinoza’s Critique / B. The Illusion of the Critique / C. Systematic Critique of Religion (in principle possible, and proving in fact impossible) / D. The Motive of the Critique / E. The Justification and Precondition of Positive Critique - VIII. The analysis of revealed religion - IX. The state and the social function of religion: A. The “Realism” of Spinoza’s Political Doctrine / B. The Theory of Natural Right and the Critique of Theocracy / C. Natural Right and Rational Right / D. The Concrete Presupposition for the Critique of Theocracy / E. Vulgus and Nation, Superstition and Religion - X. Spinoza’s conception of the Bible and Bible science: A. Spinoza’s Indifference to Scripture, and His Historical Consciousness / B. Interest in Scripture and the Idea of Bible Science as Positive Science / C. Critique of Religion and Bible Science / D. Philological and Historical Critique - Notes - Appendix - Comments on Carl Schmitt’s „Der Begriff des Politischen“ |
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