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Spinoza and the General Will.

Authors :
Williams, David Lay
Source :
Conference Papers -- American Political Science Association. 2008 Annual Meeting, p1-27. 27p.
Publication Year :
2008

Abstract

The general will has traditionally been associated with the early modern Platonists, such as Malebranche and Leibniz. Yet careful examination of Benedict Spinoza's works reveals a proto-type of the general will before his famous successors. This is significant not only in re-ordering the narrative of the general will's history, but also in revealing an entirely different and original strain that anticipates twentieth-century attempts to forge a post-metaphysical general will. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Conference Papers -- American Political Science Association
Publication Type :
Conference
Accession number :
36951723