Vengeance and Indignation: Political Configurations of Resistance from the Vindiciae to Spinoza.
Journal title RIVISTA DI STORIA DELLA FILOSOFIA
Author/s Emma Barettoni
Publishing Year 2026 Issue 2026/1
Language Italian Pages 13 P. 119-131 File size 146 KB
DOI 10.3280/SF2026-001008
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This article compares the Vindiciae contra tyrannos (1579), one of the earliest and most systematic articulations of a contractualist right to resistance, and Spinoza’s political philosophy, with particular attention to the role of indignation and vengeance. While in the Vindiciae these affects are subordinated to a transcendent theological framework and legitimized only when mediated by institutional figures such as the ephors, in Spinoza they appear as immanent expressions of power dynamics. Through a textual and conceptual analysis of these two models, the article reconstructs two distinct ways of articulating the relationship between affects and law, highlighting the originality of Spinoza’s political ontology.
Keywords: indignation, vengeance, Spinoza’s political philosophy, Vindiciae contra tyrannos, right to resistance, political affect.
Emma Barettoni, Vengeance and Indignation: Political Configurations of Resistance from the Vindiciae to Spinoza in "RIVISTA DI STORIA DELLA FILOSOFIA" 1/2026, pp 119-131, DOI: 10.3280/SF2026-001008