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HEGEL OR SPINOZA By Pierre Macherey

The first English-language translation of a classic work of French philosophy

Hegel or Spinoza is the first English-language translation of the modern classic Hegel ou Spinoza. Pierre Macherey provides a surgically precise interrogation of the points of misreading of Spinoza by Hegel and initiates an encounter that produces a new understanding, a common truth that emerges in the interval that separates the two.

PRAISE FOR HEGEL OR SPINOZA:
"Pierre Macherey not only demonstrates how Hegel misread Spinoza, but also offers against the backdrop of the Hegelian dialectic an exciting and original interpretation of Spinoza’s thought. The alternative—Hegel or Spinoza—thus becomes a powerful and significant dividing line for politics and thought. And Macherey forces you to choose which side you are on." —Michael Hardt, coauthor of Empire, Multitude, and Commonwealth

"Hegel or Spinoza is a classic. Both Spinoza and Hegel emerge from Macherey’s work in nearly unrecognizable forms, allowing us to read them in unprecedented ways." —Warren Montag, author of Bodies, Masses, Power: Spinoza and His Contemporaries

ABOUT THE AUTHORS:
Pierre Macherey is professor emeritus at Université Lille Nord de France.

Susan M. Ruddick is associate professor of geography at the University of Toronto.

For more information, including the table of contents, visit the book's webpage:
http://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/hegel-or-spinoza