Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-339) and index
Introduction : Spinozism : a source of enthusiasm -- From consciousness to the concept : the Spinozism of Jean Cavaillès -- Spinoza contra Descartes : Martial Gueroult versus Ferdinand Alquié -- From Stalinism to asceticism : Jean-Toussaint Desanti between Spinoza and Husserl -- Recuperating science : the sources of Louis Althusser's Spinozism -- Redefining philosophy : the development of Louis Althusser's Spinozism -- Toward a science of the singular : Gilles Deleuze between Heidegger and Spinoza -- Nothing is possible : the strange Spinozism of Gilles Deleuze -- Conclusion : the sense of Spinozism