Hegel, Literature, and the Problem of Agency

Hegel, Literature, and the Problem of Agency
Title Hegel, Literature, and the Problem of Agency PDF eBook
Author Allen Speight
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 172
Release 2001-02-05
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 9780521796347

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A study of Hegel's appeal to literature in the Phenomenology of Spirit.

Freedom and Reflection

Freedom and Reflection
Title Freedom and Reflection PDF eBook
Author Christopher Yeomans
Publisher OUP USA
Pages 292
Release 2012-01-05
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 0199794529

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While many interpreters hold that Hegel avoided the traditional problem of free will, Yeomans argues both that the problem is unavoidable, and that the two versions of the Logic fruitfully engage the tensions between explicability and both the control and alternate possibilities constitutive of free agency.

Hegel and Shakespeare on Moral Imagination

Hegel and Shakespeare on Moral Imagination
Title Hegel and Shakespeare on Moral Imagination PDF eBook
Author Jennifer Ann Bates
Publisher State University of New York Press
Pages 411
Release 2010-09-29
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 1438432437

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Study of self-consciousness in Hegel and Shakespeare.

G. W. F. Hegel

G. W. F. Hegel
Title G. W. F. Hegel PDF eBook
Author Michael Baur
Publisher Routledge
Pages 242
Release 2015-05-01
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 1317591682

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The thought of G. W. F. Hegel (1770 -1831) has had a deep and lasting influence on a wide range of philosophical, political, religious, aesthetic, cultural and scientific movements. But, despite the far-reaching importance of Hegel's thought, there is often a great deal of confusion about what he actually said or believed. G. W. F. Hegel: Key Concepts provides an accessible introduction to both Hegel's thought and Hegel-inspired philosophy in general, demonstrating how his concepts were understood, adopted and critically transformed by later thinkers. The first section of the book covers the principal philosophical themes in Hegel's system: epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of mind, ethical theory, political philosophy, philosophy of nature, philosophy of art, philosophy of religion, philosophy of history and theory of the history of philosophy. The second section covers the main post-Hegelian movements in philosophy: Marxism, existentialism, pragmatism, analytic philosophy, hermeneutics and French poststructuralism. The breadth and depth of G. W. F. Hegel: Key Concepts makes it an invaluable introduction for philosophical beginners and a useful reference source for more advanced scholars and researchers.

Hegel's Theory of Responsibility

Hegel's Theory of Responsibility
Title Hegel's Theory of Responsibility PDF eBook
Author Mark Alznauer
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 229
Release 2015-02-19
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 1316240746

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A crucial aspect of Hegel's practical philosophy is his theory of responsibility. This theory is both original and radical in its emphasis on the role and importance of social and historical conditions as a context for our actions. But even those who agree that there is something valuable in Hegel's emphasis on sociality are not in agreement about what that something is or about how Hegel argues for it. Mark Alznauer offers the first book-length account of the structure of the theory and its place within Hegel's thought as a whole. The reader is carefully walked through the psychological, social and historical aspects of responsibility in Hegel's texts. The book demonstrates that attention to the concept of responsibility reveals the true nature of Hegel's controversial claims about the inherent sociality of human action.

The Philosophy of Hegel

The Philosophy of Hegel
Title The Philosophy of Hegel PDF eBook
Author Allen Speight
Publisher Routledge
Pages 184
Release 2014-12-05
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 1317493699

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Few philosophers can induce as much puzzlement among students as Hegel. His works are notoriously dense and make very few concessions for a readership unfamiliar with his systematic view of the world. Allen Speight's introduction to Hegel's philosophy takes a chronological perspective on the development of Hegel's system. In this way, some of the most important questions in Hegelian scholarship are illuminated by examining in their respective contexts works such as the "Phenomenology and the Logic". Speight begins with the young Hegel and his writings prior to the "Phenomenology" focusing on the notion of positivity and how Hegel's social, economic and religious concerns became linked to systematic and logical ones. He then examines the "Phenomenology" in detail, including its treatment of scepticism, the problem of immediacy, the transition from "consciousness" to "self-consciousness", and the emergence of the social and historical category of "Spirit". The following chapter explores the Logic, paying particular attention to a number of vexed issues associated with Hegel's claims to systematicity and the relation between the categories of Hegel's logic and nature or spirit (Geist). The final chapters discuss Hegel's ethical and political thought and the three elements of his notion of "absolute spirit": art, religion and philosophy, as well as the importance of history to his philosophical approach as a whole.

Hegel and Greek Tragedy

Hegel and Greek Tragedy
Title Hegel and Greek Tragedy PDF eBook
Author Martin Thibodeau
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
Pages 208
Release 2013
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 073917729X

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This study is concerned with the different interpretations of Greek tragedy proposed by G.W.F. Hegel. While Hegel's philosophical interest in tragedy as an art form is well known, the motivation for his preoccupation with this art form needs to be further explored. Indeed, why would Hegel, a pivotal figure of German idealism, be inclined to concern himself with a form of poetry that reached its peak in the 5th century B.C.' Precisely this question forms the core of this book. It articulates what the primary stakes are and thereby develop and defend the thesis that Hegel's examination of Greece and tragedy is one that has a direct bearing on the "fate" of politics in the modern world.