Language and politics in Espinosa

• Grant number: 18/00364-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: May 01, 2018
• End date: April 30, 2022
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Philosophy - History of Philosophy
• Principal Investigator: Luís César Guimarães Oliva
• Grantee: Rafael dos Santos Monteiro
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Closer to the body and to the imagination, the language that can be deduced from Spinoza ontology put us in front of the problem of relations between body and mind. How can a word, mode of extension, communicate an idea, a mode of thought, if in our spirit does not occuran interaction between body and soul? At the same time, Spinoza shows us how the development and permanence of a natural language depends on language-use. Developing these elements, the present project aims to establish a solution for the problem of language-use in Spinoza throught the study of his political texts. (AU)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

MONTEIRO, Rafael dos Santos. The political dimension of language and Baruch Spinoza's counter-discourse. 2022. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD) São Paulo.