New Article on Spinoza’s Political Thought

Out in the Journal of Speculative Philosophy. I throw some shine on my dear friend Matheron and give Deleuze and Negri a little bit of a hard time, but it’s cool, we’re all pals here.

Zourabichvili on Deleuze and Negri

I translated this interview between François Zourabichvili and Yoshihiko Ichida, which was published in Multitudes in 2002. It’s got some fascinating analyses of Deleuze’s political thought, in response to some questions occasioned by his earlier article on “Deleuze and the Possible.” While some convergences between the two thinkers are affirmed, Zourabichvili ultimately comes down pretty hard on what he identifies as the voluntarist residue in Negri’s way of thinking about politics, especially concerning the status of the multitude as a subject of politics.

Here it is!