A Book Forged In Hell by Steven Nadler
Spinoza's Theological-Political Treatise and the Battle for Freedom of Thought
A meticulous historical reconstruction of the origin, publication, and reception of Baruch Spinoza’s Theological-Political Treatise, tracing how its anonymous printing, clandestine distribution, and vehement denunciations—including accusations of being “forged in hell” and efforts to suppress or burn it—shaped early modern debates over scripture, philosophy, censorship, and religious toleration; through archival detective work and intellectual history, the author shows how the pamphlet’s fraught printing history and the controversies it provoked helped seed modern notions of free inquiry, the separation of theology and philosophy, and the politics of the book itself.
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