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Providing a groundbreaking collective commentary, by an international group of leading philosophical scholars, Blackwell’s Guide to Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit transforms and expands our understanding and appreciation of one of the most challenging works in Western philosophy. Collective philosophical commentary on the whole of Hegel’s Phenomenology in sequence with the original text. Original essays by leading international philosophers and Hegel experts. Provides a comprehensive Bibliography of further sources.

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Author:   Kenneth R. Westphal (University of Kent, UK)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   0.680kg
ISBN:  

9781405131100

ISBN 10:   1405131101
Pages:   360
Publication Date:   02 January 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
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Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors. References. Introduction. 1. Hegel’s Phenomenological Method and Analysis of Consciousness: Kenneth R. Westphal (University of Kent, Canterbury). 2. Desire, Recognition, and the Relation between Bondsman and Lord: Frederick Neuhouser (Columbia University, New York). 3. Freedom and Thought: Stoicism, Skepticism, and Unhappy Consciousness: Franco Chiereghin (University of Padua). 4. The Challenge of Reason: From Certainty to Truth: Cinzia Ferrini (University of Trieste). 5. Reason Observing Nature: Cinzia Ferrini (University of Trieste). 6. Shapes of Active Reason: The Law of the Heart, Retrieved Virtue, and What Really Matters: Terry Pinkard (Georgetown University, Washington, DC). 7. The Ethics of Freedom: Hegel on Reason as Law-Giving and Law-Testing: David Couzens Hoy (University of California, Santa Cruz). 8. Hegel, Antigone, and Feminist Critique: The Spirit of Ancient Greece: Jocelyn B. Hoy (University of California, Santa Cruz). 9. Hegel’s Critique of the Enlightenment in “The Struggle of the Enlightenment with Superstition”: Jürgen Stolzenberg (Martin-Luther-Universität, Halle-Wittenburg). 10. “Morality” in Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit: Frederick C. Beiser (Syracuse University, New York). 11. Religion, History, and Spirit in Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit: George di Giovanni (McGill University, Montreal). 12. Absolute Knowing: Allegra de Laurentiis (SUNY-Stony Brook, New York). 13. Spirit and Concrete Subjectivity in Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit: Marina F. Bykova (North Carolina State University). General Bibliography. Index of Names. Subject Index. Table of Concordances

Reviews

A very impressive collection of essays by some of the most acute readers working on Hegel today. ... The essays in this volume provide many accessible points of entry into Hegel's thought. Scholars and teachers of Hegel's most rewarding and perplexing work should be grateful. (Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, December 2009)

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Kenneth R. Westphal is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kent. His books include: Hegel’s Epistemological Realism (1989), Hegel’s Epistemology: A Philosophical Introduction to the Phenomenology of Spirit (2003) and Kanfs Transcendental Proof of Realism (2004); he is the editor of Pragmatism, Reason and Norms (1998).

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