Spinoza, the Transindividual

One of the most important books on Spinoza to appear in the last 30 years

Étienne Balibar, one of the foremost living French philosophers, builds on his landmark work on Spinoza's political thought, Spinoza and Politics, with an exploration of Spinoza's ontology.

He situates Spinoza in relation to the major figures of Marx and Freud as a precursor to the more recent French thinker Gilbert Simondon's concept of the transindividual.

Presenting a crucial development in Balibar's thought, he takes the concept of transindividuality beyond Spinoza to show it at work, at the collective as well as the individual level.

Étienne Balibar is Emeritus Professor at Paris-Nanterre and Anniversary Chair of Modern European Philosophy at Kingston University.

Mark G. E. Kelly is Associate Professor of Philosophy in the School of Humanities and Communication Arts at Western Sydney University.