One of the most important books on Spinoza to appear in the last 30 years
Étienne Balibar, one of the foremost living French philosophers, builds on his landmark work on Spinoza's political thought, Spinoza and Politics, with an exploration of Spinoza's ontology.
He situates Spinoza in relation to the major figures of Marx and Freud as a precursor to the more recent French thinker Gilbert Simondon's concept of the transindividual.
Presenting a crucial development in Balibar's thought, he takes the concept of transindividuality beyond Spinoza to show it at work, at the collective as well as the individual level.
Étienne Balibar is Emeritus Professor at Paris-Nanterre and Anniversary Chair of Modern European Philosophy at Kingston University.
Mark G. E. Kelly is Associate Professor of Philosophy in the School of Humanities and Communication Arts at Western Sydney University.

Étienne Balibar is one of the foremost living French philosophers. He holds positions as Anniversary Chair in Modern European Philosophy at Kingston University, Visiting Professor of French and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of French and Italian and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine, and Emeritus Professor at the University of Paris, Nanterre. He initially rose to prominence as the student-collaborator of Louis Althusser, co-editing with him the collection Reading Capital, a global landmark in Marxist philosophy. Since then, he has written dozens of books and hundreds of articles, being particularly known for his writings on race, Europe, Spinoza, and political thought more generally, including his well-regarded books on Marx and Locke.

Mark G. E. Kelly is Senior Lecturer in the School of Humanities and Communication Arts and ARC Future Fellow at the University of Western Sydney.