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‘Notes on Dialectics: Hegel, Marx, Lenin’ by C.L.R. James
C.L.R. James’s Notes on Dialectics: Hegel, Marx, Lenin presents itself less as a commentary on a fixed philosophical canon than as an extended exercise in the practice of dialectical cognition, a strenuous attempt to think the historical movement of the laboring masses and their forms of organization as the living content from which philosophical categories…
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‘Hegel: Three Studies’ by Theodor W. Adorno
Theodor W. Adorno’s Hegel: Three Studies arrives in English as a carefully structured intervention into the legacy of German Idealism and into the present of critical theory. Appearing in the MIT Press translation by Shierry Weber Nicholsen, with an introduction by Nicholsen and Jeremy J. Shapiro, the volume collects three essays—“Aspects of Hegel’s Philosophy,” “The…
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Žizek’s Œuvre, Over and Over
Slavoj Žižek appears at once amused and wary as he confronts a journal issue devoted to his own corpus, a sentiment that sets the scene for a compact yet many-layered exchange with the editors and podcast hosts Frank Ruda and Agon Hamza. He confesses to postponing a close reading out of a characteristic fear of…
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‘First Philosophy, Last Philosophy: Western Knowledge between Metaphysics and the Sciences’ by Giorgio Agamben
Giorgio Agamben’s First Philosophy, Last Philosophy: Western Knowledge between Metaphysics and the Sciences undertakes an archaeological inquiry into the very concept that once named philosophy’s primacy among the epistēmai. What appears, on the surface, as a historical reconstruction of a technical term becomes, under his method, a strategic analysis of how the West sought to…
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Reading Capital’s Materialist Dialectic: Marx, Spinoza, and the Althusserians
Reading Capital’s Materialist Dialectic: Marx, Spinoza, and the Althusserians is a rigorous, architectonic reconstruction of a philosophical problem that remains decisive for any contemporary science of society: how to read Capital as a positive, apodictic demonstration rather than as an echo chamber of Hegelian negation. Nick Nesbitt stages this reconstruction with an unusual clarity of…
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‘On the History of Modern Philosophy’ by F. W. J. von Schelling
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling’s On the History of Modern Philosophy appears, in Andrew Bowie’s lucid English translation, as both a retrospective cartography of the main line of early-modern and post-Kantian philosophy and a programmatic intervention in the fate of Idealism itself. Not a mere chronicle, the work offers a disciplined reconstruction of the inner…
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The Hegel-Marx Connection
The Hegel–Marx Connection, edited by Tony Burns and Ian Fraser, is a rigorously composed, richly argued, and conceptually expansive inquiry into one of the most enduring and difficult problems in modern social and political thought: how Hegel’s speculative system and dialectical logic were taken up, inverted, preserved, and transformed within Marxist theory. The volume rejects…
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Hegel’s Theory of the Modern State
Shlomo Avineri’s Hegel’s Theory of the Modern State is a landmark work in the interpretation of Hegel’s political philosophy, not only because it offers a comprehensive reconstruction of the development of Hegel’s political thought across his entire career, but also because it succeeds in dissolving the long-standing caricatures of Hegel as either a rigid apologist…
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Slavoj Žižek: Rethinking the Left and Reclaiming Education in the Age of Trump
Slavoj Žižek, in his characteristically confrontational and dialectical manner, asserts that the political left has long been in a state of decline, tracing its terminal crisis to the aftermath of the events of 1968, which he provocatively labels a false liberation. Rather than achieving genuine emancipation, Žižek argues that the cultural and political upheavals of…
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Slavoj Žižek on Trump, the Collapse of the Left, and the Transformation of American Politics
Slavoj Žižek, in his analysis of the global political situation offers a sweeping and unflinchingly critical diagnosis of the contemporary geopolitical order, locating the rise of Donald Trump not as a deviation or historical anomaly but rather as a concentrated symptom of broader, long-developing systemic failures. According to Žižek, Trump’s emergence on the political stage…
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Meditations on First Philosophy: with Selections from the Objections and Replies
This new translation of Descartes’s Meditations on First Philosophy, enriched by carefully chosen selections from the Objections and Replies, is both a rigorous philosophical challenge and a historical masterpiece that continues to captivate serious readers of Western thought. It carries the full texts of the Third and Fourth Objections and Replies, alongside a judicious selection…
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The Fate of Reason: German Philosophy from Kant to Fichte
This book is a journey into one of the most transformative eras in the history of modern thought, a thorough chronicle that illuminates the turbulent passage of German philosophy between the publication of Kant’s first Critique and Fichte’s early Wissenschaftslehre. It is presented with an extraordinary depth of research that captures the uncertainty and the…
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A Dialectic for Our Age: Slavoj Žižek’s Hegel Unbound
Slavoj Žižek, in his contribution to the Experts on Hegel series, offers a radical, nuanced, and deeply contemporary reading of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel’s philosophical legacy, refusing to reduce Hegel to a relic of a bygone metaphysical age. Rather than enshrining him as a completed thinker whose system can be memorized and repeated, Žižek insists…
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Dialectic Or Difference? Spinoza & Hegel On Individuation Between Thinking And Being
Kerstin Andermann, speaking at the conference in Leuven, addresses the longstanding tension between Baruch Spinoza and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel on the question of how individuality arises from a unified reality. She shows that Hegel’s interpretation reduces Spinoza’s complex framework to what Hegel calls an “oriental unity” of nature, reality, and subjectivity, culminating in a…
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Spinoza On “Pride” [superbia]: Ontology And Sociopolitical Diagnosis
Sybrand Veeger, a researcher at KU Leuven whose work focuses on Spinoza’s metaphysics and political psychology, has engaged in a detailed examination of Spinoza’s treatment of “pride” (superbia) in both the Ethics and the Political Treatise. His discussion, presented at the Conference “Spinoza and Negativity” in Leuven, explores how Spinoza’s emphasis on the commonality of…
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Inversion of Nature and Negation of Negation in Spinoza
Anne Texier, speaking at the conference on Spinoza and Negativity at KU Leuven, offers a thorough exposition of the ways in which Spinoza’s philosophy can be understood as involving both an “inversion of nature” and a “negation of negation.” Although Spinoza’s metaphysics is commonly described as an ontology of positivity, there are numerous instances in…
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Hegel and the Challenge of Spinoza: A Study in German Idealism, 1801–1831
George di Giovanni’s Hegel and the Challenge of Spinoza offers a deep engagement with one of the most formidable and abiding tensions in post-Kantian thought: the confrontation between Hegel’s developing metaphysics and the legacy of Spinoza’s monism. The book unfolds within the historical and philosophical ambiance of late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century German Idealism, a…
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‘Basic Questions of Philosophy’ by Martin Heidegger
Martin Heidegger’s Basic Questions of Philosophy, emerging from lectures delivered during the Winter semester of 1937–1938 at the University of Freiburg, forms a singular point of entry into the deeper stratum of his philosophical path. The original German text, now part of his posthumously published “Collected Works” (Gesamtausgabe, volume 45), retains its uncompromising directness precisely…
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‘History of the Concept of Time: Prolegomena’ by Martin Heidegger
Martin Heidegger’s History of the Concept of Time is a singular entry into the philosophical canon, offering a precursor to Being and Time that reveals the formative motivations and conceptual groundwork behind Heidegger’s later masterpiece. Originating from a 1925 lecture course at the University of Marburg, it presents a phenomenological analysis in which Heidegger explores…
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The Political Ontology of Martin Heidegger
The Political Ontology of Martin Heidegger is a subtle, challenging, and carefully theorized project that first appeared as a concise yet powerful study of Martin Heidegger’s philosophical involvement within the socio-political context of interwar Germany. Behind its seemingly narrow focus on Heidegger, it opens onto far-reaching questions about the genesis of philosophical discourse and the…
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Gadamer and the Transmission of History
Jerome Veith’s Gadamer and the Transmission of History offers a sweeping and philosophically charged exploration of Hans-Georg Gadamer’s thought, illuminating how Gadamer’s hermeneutics redefines our collective and individual engagements with the past. In this deeply researched study, Veith moves beyond conventional expositions of Gadamer’s magnum opus, Truth and Method, by showing how the entire arc…
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‘Kant and the Problem of Metaphysics’ by Martin Heidegger
Martin Heidegger’s Kant and the Problem of Metaphysics is a forceful excursion into the fundamental principles of Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason, yet it is also a resolute turning point within Heidegger’s own philosophical journey after the publication of Being and Time. First appearing in 1929 and later forming volume 3 of Heidegger’s Gesamtausgabe,…
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Willing and Nothingness: Schopenhauer as Nietzsche’s Educator
Willing and Nothingness: Schopenhauer as Nietzsche’s Educator plunges into the heart of Friedrich Nietzsche’s philosophical development by situating it against the background of Arthur Schopenhauer’s towering influence. The volume unfolds as a study of the tensions, continuities, and convoluted transformations generated when Nietzsche, that restless spirit of modern European thought, confronts Schopenhauer’s austere metaphysical vision…
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Romanticism and the Re-Invention of Modern Religion: The Reconciliation of German Idealism and Platonic Realism
Romanticism and the Re-Invention of Modern Religion: The Reconciliation of German Idealism and Platonic Realism is an analysis of a moment in intellectual history when the forces of modernity, with their insistence on immanence and the rigorous demands of critical reason, collided with an enduring, though often obscured, tradition of transcendent realism rooted in both…
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Heidegger and the Destruction of Aristotle: On How to Read the Tradition
Heidegger and the Destruction of Aristotle: On How to Read the Tradition is an extended exploration of Heidegger’s method of “destruction” as applied to the reception and interpretation of Aristotle’s philosophy. In these passages, Kirkland outlines how Heidegger’s approach is neither a mere repetition nor a total rejection of the inherited metaphysical tradition. Instead, it…
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‘An Introduction to Metaphysics’ by Martin Heidegger
In An Introduction to Metaphysics, Martin Heidegger presents a formidable and unrelenting analysis of the very conditions of existence, inviting the reader into a difficulty of thought where the primordial question—“Why are there beings at all instead of nothing?”—resonates as the central enigma that has haunted Western philosophy since its inception. This work, delivered as…
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The Ages of the World (1815)
The Ages of the World (1815) by F. W. J. Schelling is a profound, sprawling, and intricate philosophical masterpiece that wrestles with some of the most elusive and challenging concepts in metaphysics, theology, and the philosophy of time. It is a philosophical narrative and poetic speculation that unfolds the genesis of the cosmos, the divine,…
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Law and Violence in Hegel: Hegel-Studien, 57
The Hegel Studies (Volume 57) offers a comprehensive examination of Hegel’s philosophical perspectives on law, violence, and freedom, showcasing their relevance to contemporary legal and ethical questions. Edited by Christoph Menke and Benno Zabel, the volume includes contributions from Jean-François Kervégan, Ana María Miranda Mora, and Christian Schmidt. These scholars delve into how Hegel’s work…
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Before and after Hegel: A Historical Introduction to Hegel’s Thought
Tom Rockmore’s Before and After Hegel: A Historical Introduction to Hegel’s Thought is a philosophically rich, historically embedded, and methodologically nuanced exploration of the philosophical currents that coalesce in the system of G.W.F. Hegel. This book transcends the narrow confines of systematic introductions, offering instead a sophisticated conceptual map that situates Hegel within the grand…
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The Teleology of Reason: A Study of the Structure of Kant’s Critical Philosophy
The Teleology of Reason: A Study of the Structure of Kant’s Critical Philosophy by Courtney D. Fugate is a comprehensive philosophical treatise that reinterprets Kant’s critical system through the lens of teleology, aiming to reveal the purposive structures deeply embedded in his arguments. Fugate argues that understanding Kant’s philosophy demands a teleological perspective, one that…
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Idealism and the Problem of Finitude: Heidegger and Hegel
Idealism and the Problem of Finitude: Heidegger and Hegel by Robert B. Pippin presents itself as a penetrating and uncommonly comprehensive exploration of how the post-Kantian tradition, culminating in Hegel’s ambitious “logic as metaphysics,” comes under pressure from a profound critique of human finitude in the thought of Martin Heidegger. This paper argues that the…
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Hegel: An Intellectual Biography
Horst Althaus’ Hegel: An Intellectual Biography, as translated by Michael Tarsh, explores the life and evolving thought of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, offering a comprehensive and deeply detailed intellectual history that for a long time served as the definitive biographical work on the enigmatic philosopher. Unlike the sporadic and often outdated accounts from the nineteenth…
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Hegel: The Philosopher of Freedom
Hegel: The Philosopher of Freedom by Klaus Vieweg is not merely a biography of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, the architect of German idealism, but a philosophical investigation into the life, thought, and historical significance of one of modernity’s most enigmatic thinkers. Klaus Vieweg’s work offers a well researched and vividly narrated account that challenges conventional…
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Hegel’s Century: Alienation and Recognition in a Time of Revolution
Jon Stewart’s Hegel’s Century: Alienation and Recognition in a Time of Revolution represents a detailed and philosophically rigorous exploration of how G. W. F. Hegel’s thought shaped the intellectual landscape of the nineteenth century. In an era marked by immense upheaval—political revolutions, burgeoning nationalism, industrial transformation, and religious crisis—Hegel’s categories of “alienation” and “recognition” served…
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Freedom, in Context: Time, History, and Necessity in Hegel
Freedom, in Context: Time, History, and Necessity in Hegel by Borna Radnik offers an extraordinarily comprehensive rethinking of Hegelian freedom in light of our most urgent contemporary contexts, while engaging the full breadth of Hegel’s logical, historical, and ontological framework. In a work that draws together classical German philosophy and twenty-first-century social struggles, Radnik proposes…
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The Philosophical Rupture between Fichte and Schelling: Selected Texts and Correspondence (1800–1802)
In The Philosophical Rupture Between Fichte and Schelling, editors Michael G. Vater and David W. Wood offer an unparalleled entry point into the contentious and transformative relationship between two of post-Kantian philosophy’s towering figures: Johann Gottlieb Fichte and Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling. This carefully curated volume not only illuminates the intellectual trajectories of these thinkers…
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Abolishing Freedom: A Plea for a Contemporary Use of Fatalism
In Abolishing Freedom: A Plea for a Contemporary Use of Fatalism, Frank Ruda crafts an audacious and deeply intellectual analysis of the paradoxical relationship between freedom and necessity. At the basis of this work lies a provocative argument: the modern conception of freedom as synonymous with the ability to choose is fundamentally flawed, obscuring a…
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Philosophy, Freedom, Language, and their Others: Contemporary Legacies of German Idealism
Philosophy, Freedom, Language, and Their Others: Contemporary Legacies of German Idealism is an ambitious exploration of freedom, philosophy, and their interconnections with language, politics, religion, aesthetics, and ethics. Anchored in the conceptual frameworks of Kantian and Hegelian thought, this anthology does more than merely revisit German Idealism; it transforms the legacy of this philosophical tradition…
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Hegel’s Hellenic Ideal
J. Glenn Gray’s Hegel’s Hellenic Ideal is a study of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel’s engagement with the cultural, philosophical, and aesthetic dimensions of ancient Greek civilization and its indelible impact on his thought. Published initially in 1941, this work has become a landmark in the field of German idealism, elucidating how Hegel’s perception of Greek…
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Kant and the Faculty of Feeling
Kant and the Faculty of Feeling is a landmark analysis of one of the most enigmatic and underexplored dimensions of Kant’s critical philosophy: the faculty of feeling. For centuries, scholars have explored Kant’s faculties of cognition and desire, often side-lining feeling as a residual category, dismissed as mere affectivity unworthy of systematic investigation. This volume…
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Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
Katja Hoyer’s Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949–1990 is a monumental work of historical excavation, an incisive and deeply textured reconstruction of a state that vanished yet lingers in memory, myth, and the fault lines of German identity. This extraordinary book offers nothing less than the definitive account of the German Democratic Republic (GDR), navigating…
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Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871-1918
Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871–1918 by Katja Hoyer offers an intensely detailed analysis of a pivotal epoch in European history, where the relentless currents of power, identity, and realpolitik converged to shape the German Empire from its inception in 1871 to its demise amidst the chaos of the…
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The Double Shift: Spinoza and Marx on the Politics of Work
The The Double Shift: Spinoza and Marx on the Politics of Work by Jason Read is an investigation into the entangled realities of labour, ideology, and political economy as experienced within the structures of late capitalism. At the intersection of Spinozist philosophy and Marxist critique, Read presents a variety of thought that transcends conventional disciplinary…
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On Hegel: The Sway of the Negative
On Hegel: The Sway of the Negative by Karin de Boer is a presentation of Hegel’s philosophical system, offering a transformative engagement with his legacy through the prism of tragedy, negativity, and dialectics. In this exhaustive study lies an analysis of Hegel’s Science of Logic, through which de Boer unpacks the latent tensions and contradictions…
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‘Hegel’s Political Philosophy’ by Walter Arnold Kaufmann
In Hegel’s Political Philosophy, this curated and intellectually rigorous volume, edited by Walter Arnold Kaufmann, serves as both a forensic examination and a historical dissection of one of the most enigmatic figures in Western thought. Kaufmann navigates the complexities of Hegelian political theory, presenting an unsparing analysis that not only introduces readers to Hegel’s ideas…
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The Young Hegel: Studies in the Relations between Dialectics and Economics
Georg Lukács’ The Young Hegel: Studies in the Relations between Dialectics and Economics, translated by Rodney Livingstone, is an indispensable philosophical investigation into the formative period of Hegel’s thought. This monumental work, first completed in 1938, is a rigorous and detailed analysis of Hegel’s intellectual trajectory and its far-reaching influence on Marxist theory. It situates…
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The Oxford Handbook of Nineteenth-Century Women Philosophers in the German Tradition
The Oxford Handbook of Nineteenth-Century Women Philosophers in the German Tradition edited by Kristin Gjesdal and Dalia Nassar is a work of immense significance, rigor, and philosophical import. It transcends the narrow confines of conventional historiography by resurrecting and critically examining the contributions of women philosophers who shaped, challenged, and extended the philosophical currents of…
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Hegel and the French Revolution: Essays on the Philosophy of Right
Joachim Ritter’s Hegel and the French Revolution is an analysis of Hegel’s political philosophy, a work that dissects the contours of modernity through the lens of Hegel’s thought. These essays, originally part of Metaphysik und Politik, are a demonstration of philosophical clarity and historical sensitivity, addressing the relationship between Hegel’s speculative concepts and the socio-political…
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Leo Strauss on Hegel
Leo Strauss on Hegel, edited by Paul Franco, is best approached as a carefully prepared aperture onto Strauss’s most sustained confrontation with Hegelian philosophy, one in which the familiar antitheses of ancient and modern, reason and history, faith and politics, are pressed to their limits within the concrete discipline of a seminar that reads Hegel’s…
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Hegel, Heidegger, and the Ground of History
In Hegel, Heidegger, and the Ground of History, Michael Allen Gillespie offers a key examination of the philosophical underpinnings of the concept of history, engaging with the seminal works of Hegel and Heidegger to explore the most fundamental and often elusive questions about human existence, freedom, and the trajectory of civilization. This is an expansive…
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