Dramas of Immanence: Gebhardt, Deleuze, Benjamin and the Infinite Baroque of Spinoza

Abstract

Crossing three "dramas of immanence" constructed by three contemporary philosophers: Carl Gebhardt, Gilles Deleuze, and Walter Benjamin, that is to say, crossing three singular interpretations that relate the idea of immanence present in modern philosophy, especially from Espinosa, with 16th-century art, that is, Baroque art. More than dramas, for Spinozian regard, such interpretations are tragedies, because they produce an aporetic theatricality that destroys the positivity of the idea of immanence. we will rework the dramas from the sad tragedy to something happier, seeking to undo such aporias, leading us to an adequate understanding of the "baroque" positivity of immanence in Spinoza.