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Whilst much previous writing on Hegel has focused on his social and political philosophy, this volume makes it clear that feminist issues are relevant to many, if not all, aspects of Hegel's system.

With innovative close readings that place Hegel's philosophy in dialogue with contemporary feminist debates and relevant issues such as: reproductive work, sexism, prejudice and discrimination against women, the essays in this collections reveal the gendered nature of Hegel's oeuvre. Beginning with three sections that analyse the theoretical and abstract parts of his philosophy, the authors explore sexual difference and its implications in Hegel's epistemology and logic, its relation to his mythology and aesthetics, as well as to social and political philosophy. Including examinations that focus, for example, on crime and punishment, and the notion of piety and the figure of the monarch, these articles delve into topics that have yet to be deeply discussed with regard to sexual difference. Concluding with a chapter that also outlines the practical ways in which this knowledge can be applied, Hegel and Feminism highlights the relevance of Hegel's conception of sexual difference to contemporary issues, including its implications for other feminist-related, but transdisciplinary fields such as politics, education, and activism.

Table of Contents

Part I: Logic and Epistemology
1. Karen Koch, Sex and Totality. On Sexual Difference and its Relation to Metaphysics in Hegel
2. Zdravko Kobe, Hegel and the woman question. A Logic of Sexual Difference
3. Georges Faraklas, On the Passivity of Knowledge in Hegel. Intelligence, Will, and Woman
4. Giulia Bernard, Who is afraid of women practicing philosophy? Hegel's concept of philosophy to the test

Part II: Mythology and Aesthetics
6. Marloren Lopes Miranda, Hegel and sexual difference in ethical life: some arguments to think about it inspired by the Phenomenology of Spirit
7. Jean Baptiste-Vuillerod, Antigone, a Woman in History: Re-reading the beginning of the section “Spirit”
8. Goran Vraneševic, The Spirit of Woman and Her Fate: Hegel, Beauty and Withdrawal

Part III: Social philosophy and politics
9. Yuka Okazaki, Hegel and Rahel Levin Varnhagen on Marriage and Women
10. Tatiana Llaguno, A Hegelian-Feminist Defense of the Socialization of All Labour

Part IV: Critical Praxis and Agency
11. Silvia Locatelli, The Concept Of Sexual Difference In Hegel: The Ambiguity Between Laqueur's One-Sex Model And Two-Sex Model, And Luce Irigaray's Feminist Response To This Dilemma
12 .Bruna Picas, Teresa Hoogeveen, Readings of Sexual Difference in Hegel and Collin: Definition, Division, and Praxis
13. Jamila M.H. Mascat, Hegel and #Me Too. Crime, Punishment, and Feminist Justice

Product details

Bloomsbury Academic Test
Published 01 Oct 2026
Format Ebook (PDF)
Edition 1st
Pages 304
ISBN 9781350508279
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Anthology Editor

Giulia Bernard

Giulia Bernard is Research Fellow in Theoretical P…

Anthology Editor

Bojana Jovicevic

Bojana Jovicevic has recently completed her PhD th…

Anthology Editor

Karen Koch

Karen Koch is a Research and Teaching Fellow assoc…

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