 | Spinoza in Soviet Philosophy: A Series of Essays Subjects: Area Studies; Humanities; Politics & International Relations; Central Asian Russian & Eastern European Studies; Philosophy; Political Philosophy; Continental Philosophy; Ethics Philosophy; History of Philosophy; Jewish Philosophy; Modern Philosophy (16th Century-18th Century); Philosophy of Psychology; Political Philosophy; Marxism & Communism; Originally published in 1952. This book collects numerous works on the revival of Spinoza scholarship in the Soviet Union during the 1920s and 30's, including the emergence of conflicting Marxist schools of Spinoza interpretation. This work includes translations by Kline of seven major articles on Spinoza published from 1923-1932, with a lengthy introduction providing contextual references. These developments were generally unknown outside of Russia due to lack of prior translations into a Western European language. The Marxist view of Spinoza represents a break not only with the dominant traditions of Western scholarship, but also with those critical and negative views of pre-Revolutionary Russia. This book provides both the study of Spinoza in Soviet philosophy, and of Soviet philosophy through Spinoza. George L. Kline was a philosopher, translator and prominent American specialist in Russian and Soviet philosophy He was Milton C. Nahm Professor of Philosophy at Bryn Mawr College and Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Clemson University. |
