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Hegel, Logic and Speculation
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This book offers new critical perspectives on the relationship between the notions of speculation, logic and reality in Hegel's thought as basis for his philosophical account of nature, history, spirit and human experience. The systematic functions of logic and pure thought are explored in their concrete forms and processual progression from subjective spirit to philosophy of right, society, the notion of habit, the idea of work, art, religion and science. Engaging the relation between the Logic and its realisations, this book shows the internal tension that inhabits Hegel's philosophy at the intersection of logical (conceptual) speculation and concrete (interpretative) analysis. The investigation of this tension allows for a hermeneutical approach that demystifies the common view of Hegel's idealism as a form of abstract thought, while allowing for a new assessment of the importance of speculation for a concrete understanding of the world.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: Speculation and Hermeneutics of Effectual Reality
Maurizio Pagano, University of Eastern Piedmont, Vercelli, Italy and Hager Weslati, Kingston University, London, UK
1 Empowering Forms: Hegel's Conception of 'Form' and 'Formal'
Elena Ficara, University of Paderborn, Germany
2 Essence as Reflection
Riccardo Dottori, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy
3 Effectual Contingency: The Ontological Problem of Modality in Hegel's Science of Logic
Alessandro De Cesaris, University of Naples “Federico II”, Italy
4 Self-Consciousness and the Idea: from Logic to Subjective Spirit
Guido Frilli, University of Florence, Italy
5 The Concept of Habit and the Function of Immediacy in Hegel's Logic
Sean McStravick, Panthéon-Sorbonne University, Paris, France
6. Singularity of the Concept – Singularity of the Will: the Logical Ground of Hegel's Philosophy of Right
Antonios Kalatzis, Centre Marc Bloch / Humboldt-University of Berlin, Germany
7. Subverting Practical Philosophy: Hegel's Science of Spirit
Myriam Bienenstock, Université François Rabelais, Tours-Paris, France
8. Work and Need, Particular and Universal
Campbell Jones, University of Auckland, New Zealand
9. Hegel's Conception of Personality and the Tension between Logic and Realphilosophy
Lauri Kallio, University of Helsinki, Finland
10 Mind of God, Point of View of Man, or Something Not Quite Either?
Paul Redding, The University of Sydney, Australia
11 Logic and Theology in Hegel
Roberto Morani, University of Eastern Piedmont, Vercelli, Italy
12 The Concept of Religion and its Hermeneutic Function
Maurizio Pagano, University of Eastern Piedmont, Vercelli, Italy
13 A Speculative Logic for Images in Hegel's Philosophy
Haris Ch. Papoulias, University of Eastern Piedmont, Vercelli, Italy
14 The Silence of Logik: Hegel after Kojève
Hager Weslati, Kingston University, London, UK
Index
Product details
| Published | 22 Aug 2019 |
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| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 256 |
| ISBN | 9781350056350 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Series | Bloomsbury Studies in Continental Philosophy |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
About the contributors
Reviews
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[Includes a] diversity of perspectives (Anglo-Saxon, French, German, but also Finnish, Greek, Arabic) which feeds the reflection on the report between logic and effectiveness, especially in the sections that focus on the subjective (G. Frilli, S. McStravick) and objective (A. Kalatzis, C. Jones, M. Bienenstock) mind.
Archives de Philosophie (Bloomsbury translation)
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The book discusses a central topic of Hegel's thought: the speculative relation between reason and actuality. The project involves both scholars connected to the Italian tradition and authors pertaining to other linguistic areas of Hegel studies. The result is a hermeneutical reading in which the logical dimension and the concrete aspects of Hegel's philosophy are linked in new ways.
Adriano Fabris, Professor of Moral Philosophy, Pisa University, Italy
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The essays in this volume provide original perspectives on many disputed questions in Hegel scholarship. Drawing on the Italian speculative hermeneutics approach to Hegel, they provide readings that cross the divide between purely logical and real world interpretations. These readings confirm that Hegel is indeed our contemporary.
Wayne Hudson, Research Professor at Charles Sturt University, Canberra and Adjunct Professor of Humanities, University of Tasmania, Australia
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