Affects, Actions and Passions in Spinoza

The Unity of Body and Mind

First Edition

Chantal Jaquet
Translated by Tatiana Reznichenko

Published by Edinburgh University Press

Spinoza Series

A new analysis of the mind/body relationship based on the philosophy of Spinoza
Critiques the false conception of psychophysical parallelism in Spinoza
Contrasts Descartes' conception of the passions with Spinoza's conception of the affects
Defines Spinozian affects and their variations in a new way

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Affects, Actions and Passions in Spinoza

The Unity of Body and Mind

First Edition

Chantal Jaquet
Translated by Tatiana Reznichenko

Published by Edinburgh University Press

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A new analysis of the mind/body relationship based on the philosophy of Spinoza

It is widely recognised that Spinoza put an end to the Cartesian dualism of body and mind by thinking through the possibility of their unity. Revisiting this generally accepted notion of psychophysical parallelism in Spinoza, Chantal Jaquet offers a new analysis of the relation between body and mind. Using an original methodology, she analyses their unity in action through the affects that bring together a body's affection and the idea of this affection.

Looking at a range of Spinoza's texts, Jaquet reveals that understanding affects, actions and passions provides the key to how the mind and body are the same individual expressed in two different ways. She presents the Spinozist model in all its complexity, illuminating its potentialities for contemporary debates on the nature of the mind-body problem.

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Affects, Actions and Passions in Spinoza

The Unity of Body and Mind

First Edition

Chantal Jaquet
Translated by Tatiana Reznichenko

Published by Edinburgh University Press

Spinoza Series

Introduction
1. The Nature of the Union of Mind and Body in Spinoza
2. Spinoza's Break with Descartes Regarding the Affects in Ethics III
3. The Different Origins of the Affects in the Preface to the Theological-Political Treatise and in the Ethics
4. The Definition of Affect in Ethics III
5. Variations of the Mixed Discourse
Conclusion
Bibliography

New in Paperback

Affects, Actions and Passions in Spinoza

The Unity of Body and Mind

First Edition

Chantal Jaquet
Translated by Tatiana Reznichenko

Published by Edinburgh University Press

Spinoza Series

Author Information

Chantal Jaquet is Professor of Philosophy at the Université Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne. She is the author of numerous books on Spinoza.

Tatiana Reznichenko is a freelance translator and conference interpreter based in Paris.

New in Paperback

Affects, Actions and Passions in Spinoza

The Unity of Body and Mind

First Edition

Chantal Jaquet
Translated by Tatiana Reznichenko

Published by Edinburgh University Press

Spinoza Series

Reviews and Awards

"The discussion is technical but rewarding EL The volume is the first in the Spinoza Studies series, which is intended to make the work of Continental scholars available in English. This first volume bodes well. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty."--C. A. Colmo, Dominican University, Choice