This book was first published in German as: Naturalismus und Demokratie. Spinozas ‘Politischer Traktat’ im Kontext seines Systems (Tübingen, 2014). Published by Mohr Siebeck GmbH & Co.
The translation of this work was funded by Geisteswissenschaften International – Translation Funding for Work in the Humanities and Social Sciences from Germany, a joint initiative of the Fritz Thyssen Foundation, the German Federal Foreign Office, the collecting society VG WORT and the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels (German Publishers & Booksellers Association).
Cover illustration: Baruch de Spinoza. Oil painting around 1665. In possession of the picture collection of the Herzog August Library, Wolfenbüttel (Germany).
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Bartuschat, Wolfgang, editor. | Kirste, Stephan, editor. | Walther, Manfred, editor.
Title: Naturalism and democracy : a commentary on Spinoza’s political treatise in the context of his system / edited by Wolfgang Bartuschat, Stephan Kirste, Manfred Walther ; translated by James Fontini.
Other titles: Naturalismus und Demokratie. English
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2019. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: lccn 2019011850 (print) | lccn 2019019402 (ebook) | isbn9789004396944 (Ebook) | isbn 9789004338555 (hardback : alk. paper)
Subjects: lcsh: Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677. Tractatus politicus--Congresses. | Political science--Congresses.
Classification: lcc jc163.s7343 (ebook) | lcc jc163.s7343 n3513 2019 (print) | ddc 320.1--dc23
lc record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019011850
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