Spinoza and the Radical Enlightenment

In this video, I look at the philosophy of Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677) and the Historian Jonathan Israel s new interpretation of the Radical Enlightenment. Israel hopes to save the enlightenment from recent postmodern criticism by articulating the existence of a radical movement, with Spinoza front and center, in which can be found the seeds of today s liberal-democracies. Support me on Patreon and pledge as little as $1 per video: http://patreon.com/user?u=3517018 Facebook: http://fb.me/thethenandnow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thethenandnow/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/lewlewwaller Reading List: This video is primarily based on Jonathan Israel s Radical Enlightenment: Philosophy and the Making of Modernity 1650-1750 https://goo.gl/vzMJun Spinoza s Ethics is a heavy and largely esoteric read. For an introduction to his thought in general, this very short introduction is very good: https://goo.gl/F1PPrv Music: Sonatina - Kevin MacLeod Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies - Kevin MacLeod Wisps of Whorls - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/