Tag: history
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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Vorlesungen über die Philosophie des subjektiven Geistes III, Gesammelte Werke, 25,3
The first volume, published in 2008 (GW 25,1), contains the lecture notes from the 1822 and 1825 lectures that Hegel delivered based on the first edition of his Enzyklopädie der philosophischen Wissenschaften im Grundrisse (1817). The second volume (published in 2011) includes the texts from the 1827/28 lectures (the lecture notes by Stolzenberg, with variants…
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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Vorlesungen über die Geschichte der Philosophie I, Gesammelte Werke, 30,1
In the context of Hegel’s lecture activities, his lectures on the history of philosophy hold particular significance: After the lectures on logic and metaphysics, Hegel devoted himself to no other subject as often and in as much detail, and with these lectures, he essentially founded the discipline of the history of philosophy within the structure…
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Subsumption in Kant, Hegel and Marx: From the Critique of Reason to the Critique of Society
In Subsumption in Kant, Hegel and Marx, Andres Saenz De Sicilia analyses the philosophical and socio-economic dimensions of the concept of “subsumption,” combining together the ideas of modern philosophy with critical social theory to examine how this notion operates within the framework of capitalism. At the basis of this inquiry is the recognition of capitalism…
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An Introduction to Hegel’s Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion: The Issue of Religious Content in the Enlightenment and Romanticism
Jon Stewart’s An Introduction to Hegel’s Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion serves as both closer look and a guiding text into one of the most challenging areas of Hegelian philosophy: his philosophy of religion. Stewart’s book is more than an introduction, it’s a carefully constructed exposition of Hegel’s thoughts on the nature, role, and…
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Introduction to Hegel’s Philosophy of Religion
Raymond K. Williamson’s Introduction to Hegel’s Philosophy of Religion delivers an in-depth exploration of how Hegel’s unique conception of religion intertwines with his entire philosophical project, especially his doctrine of God and the notion of absolute Spirit. This work presents the complex ways in which Hegel positions religion and philosophy as sharing a singular, ultimate…
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Hegel’s Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion, Volume III: The Consummate Religion
Hegel’s Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion, Volume III: The Consummate Religion, edited by Peter C. Hodgson, stands as a monumental contribution to the understanding of Hegel’s philosophical system and its implications for theology, spirituality, and the nature of consciousness. This volume encapsulates the culmination of Hegel’s reflections on religion, wherein he articulates his conception…
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Hegel’s Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion, Volume I: Introduction and the Concept of Religion
Hegel’s Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion, Volume I: Introduction and the Concept of Religion, as edited and translated by Peter C. Hodgson and his team, is a monumental work that explores the foundational and often controversial intersections between philosophy and religion. In these Berlin lectures, Hegel introduces his philosophy of religion as an essential…
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Hegel’s Early Theological Writings
Hegel’s Early Theological Writings explores the formative years of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel’s philosophical and theological development, illuminating his transformation from a student of theology into a philosophical visionary whose ideas would eventually shape German idealism and the modern understanding of metaphysics, ethics, and religion. This volume presents Hegel’s significant early writings, penned before he…
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Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion | One-Volume Edition: The Lectures of 1827
The Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion in their 1827 iteration represent one of the clearest and most mature expressions of Hegel’s complex and comprehensive philosophical system, focusing explicitly on the concept of religion and its place in human life and thought. Hegel, a towering figure in German Idealism, integrates religion into his broader dialectical…
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Hegel’s Lectures on the History of Philosophy | Three Volumes
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel’s Lectures on the History of Philosophy, translated and edited by Robert F. Brown, is a monumental philosophical work presented in three volumes, reflecting Hegel’s explication of the evolution of philosophical thought across different epochs. Hegel, a pivotal figure in German Idealism, posited that human history progresses in alignment with divine purpose,…
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Hegel’s Elements of the Philosophy of Right
In Elements of the Philosophy of Right, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel presents a monumental exposition of ethical theory, natural rights, the philosophy of law, and political theory, combining these areas into a comprehensive examination of modern sociopolitical life. Edited by Allen W. Wood and translated by H. B. Nisbet, this edition is particularly significant as…
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From Marx to Hegel and Back: Capitalism, Critique, and Utopia
From Marx to Hegel and Back: Capitalism, Critique, and Utopia offers an ambitious philosophical reassessment of the enduring relationship between two towering figures in modern thought—Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and Karl Marx. In the area of both philosophical inquiry and socio-political critique, where Marxism continues to be reinterpreted and revitalized, the editors, Victoria Fareld and…
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The Cambridge Companion to Hegel
Few thinkers in the history of philosophy have elicited such passionate and polarized reactions as Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, whose work continues to provoke both ardent admiration and fierce dismissal. Some critics see him as an inscrutable charlatan whose dense metaphysical speculations border on obscurantism, while others regard him as one of the most profound…
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Hegel and Modern Society
In Hegel and Modern Society, Charles Taylor offers an incisive examination of the philosophical underpinnings of Hegel’s thought, specifically focusing on its relevance to contemporary social and political contexts. Taylor’s work seeks to dismantle the prevailing post-World War II perception of Hegel as a proto-fascist apologist, instead presenting him as a thinker who endeavors to…
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French Hegel: From Surrealism to Postmodernism
In French Hegel: From Surrealism to Postmodernism, Bruce Baugh presents a detailed history of ideas that traces the impact of Hegel on French philosophy from the 1920s to the present day. This work provides a lucid narrative that illuminates Hegel’s influence across various intellectual movements and key thinkers in France throughout the twentieth century. Baugh…
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Hegel’s Ontology of Power: The Structure of Social Domination in Capitalism
Arash Abazari’s Hegel’s Ontology of Power is a deeply ambitious philosophical project that reorients the prevailing readings of Hegel, challenging entrenched liberal interpretations that have long dominated Hegelian scholarship. The heart of Abazari’s intervention is to unveil a critical dimension within Hegel’s Science of Logic, specifically within the “logic of essence.” This approach diverges markedly…
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Approaching Hegel’s Logic, Obliquely: Melville, Moliere, Beckett
Angelica Nuzzo’s Approaching Hegel’s Logic, Obliquely is an audacious philosophical endeavor that stakes its ground on re-reading Hegel’s Logic as a “logic of transformation” and a “logic of action.” This is not a conventional explication of Hegel’s famously opaque work, nor is it content with philosophical abstraction. Instead, Nuzzo seeks to vivify Hegel’s thought by…
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The Bloomsbury Companion to Hegel
In The Bloomsbury Companion to Hegel, editors Allegra de Laurentiis and Jeffrey Edwards orchestrate an ambitious and comprehensive examination of the philosophical system of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, featuring contributions from eighteen eminent scholars whose expertise spans a broad spectrum of philosophical inquiry. This collaborative effort aims to serve as an indispensable reference for both…
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Hegel’s Anthropology: Life, Psyche, and Second Nature
Allegra de Laurentiis’s Hegel’s Anthropology: Life, Psyche, and Second Nature offers an exhaustive and penetrating analysis of one of Hegel’s most overlooked yet philosophically potent texts, his Anthropology. Situated within the vast systematic architecture of Hegel’s Encyclopaedia of the Philosophical Sciences, this treatise addresses the “soul” (Seele) as a transitional entity between nature and spirit,…
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