Type
Text
Type
Thesis
Date
2011-09-13
Keywords
Spinoza | Marxism
Source
This work is sponsored by the Stony Brook University Graduate School in compliance with the requirements for completion of degree.
Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/11401/71072
Publisher
The Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY.
Format
application/pdf
Abstract
This paper investigates the theoretical relationship between Spinoza, classical Marxism, and the Marxisms of the twenth century. While Spinoza’s philosophy was itself a crucial component of Marxist philosophy, significant thinkers after Marx from East and West over-emphasized Spinoza’s materialism at the expense of the Hegelian roots of Marxism (one Soviet philosopher went so far as to say that Spinoza was Marx without the beard). Hegel’s return to Aristotle’s notion of final causality helped to supplement the mechanistic materialism of Spinoza’s, but this contribution was either neglected or rejected by the different currents of Soviet and structuralist Marxism.
Recommended Citation
Fluss, Harrison, "Marx Without the Beard: A Critical History of Spinozaï¾ s Role in the History of Marxism" (2011). Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions). 279.
https://commons.library.stonybrook.edu/stony-brook-theses-and-dissertations-collection/279