Israel, Jonathan I.:
The Enlightenment that Failed : Ideas, Revolution, and Democratic Defeat, 1748-1830

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019. - IX, 1070 pp.

Contains bibliography: [943]-1032
Mention of Spinoza: Part I. The Origins of Democratic Modernity. 2.3 "Spinoza Reviv'd" and the "cercle Spinoziste": 51-58 ; 3.2. Epicureanism versus Spinozism: 83-89 ; 4. From Radical Renaissance to Radical Enlightenment. 4.4 Fusing Radical Enlightement Reformation with Radical Enlightenment: 116-125 ; Part IV. The Enlightenment that Failed. 28. Bolivar and Spinoza: 859-897 (Spinoza/Bolivar: 865-866, 881-883, 896) ; ferner/further: Erwähnungen auf mehr als 100 Seiten/references on more than 100 pp.

Literature type: Monographs
Language: English
Thematic areas: Metaphysics / ontology, Epistemology / methodology / philosophy of mind, Philosophy of politics and law, Theology / biblical hermeneutics / philosophy of religion
Subject (individuals): Spinoza-Kreis/Spinoza circle ; Bolivar, Simon [e.a.]

Autopsy: yes
English commentary: Deals with Spinoza's position in the context of radical enlightenment and its specific formation in the Nethrlands, especially in the Spinoza circle, as well as the recours to Spinoza during to further development of radical democracy (e.g. with Simon Bolivar).

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