Starting with Hegel

Craig B. Matarrese (Author)

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G.W.F. Hegel is without doubt one of the most important and influential thinkers in the whole history of philosophy. Covering all the key concepts of his work, Starting with Hegel provides an accessible introduction to this significant thinker. Thematically structured, the book leads the reader through a thorough overview of the development
of Hegel's thought.

Craig B. Matarrese shows how the questions that guided his early writings in fact shaped his entire career and thereby offers a more thorough understanding of the roots of his philosophical concerns. Providing coverage of the full range of Hegel's ideas, the book offers detailed examinations of all his key texts, including The Phenomenology of Spirit and The Philosophy of Right. Crucially the book introduces the major thinkers and events that proved influential in the development of Hegel's thought, including Kant, Schiller, Fichte, Schelling, the French Revolution, the Enlightenment, and romanticism.

Abbreviations
1. Introduction
i. The Falling of Dusk
ii. Speculative Hermeneutics
iii. Organic Beauty and Self-Development iv. Plan and Strategy of the Book
2. Hegel's Early Writings: Overcoming Separation
i. The Need for Philosophy
ii. Love and Recognition
iii. God Himself is Dead
iv. Alienation, Community, and the Modern State
3. The Phenomenology of Spirit: The Satisfactions and Dissatisfactions of Consciousness
i. Supersession and Hegelian Irony
ii. Pure and Impure Recognition
iii. Self-Alienated Spirit
iv. The Path to Absolute Knowledge
4. Hegel's Encyclopedia: The Structure of Being, Nature, and Mind
i. Throwing Away the Ladder
ii. Reason and 'The Understanding'
iii. Necessity in Nature
iv. The Emergency of Spirit
5. The Philosophy of Right: Freedom and Self-Realization
i. Self-Realization and 'Ethical Life'
ii. Identification and Externalization
iii. Acting in Accordance with Reason
iv. Bildung and the Korporation
6. The Philosophy of History: Reason Rules the World
i. Necessity and Contingency in Hostory
ii. The Path of Freedom
iii. Progressivism and the 'End of History'
iv. The Twilight of the Modern State
7. Absolute Spirit: Art, Religion, and Philosophy
i. Absolutely Fundamental Values
ii. Art is a Thing of the Past iii. Religion if for Everyone
iv. The Practice of Philosophy
Further Reading
Index

Product details

Published	17 Dec 2009
Format	Ebook (PDF)
Edition	1st
Extent	192
ISBN	9781441144485
Imprint	Bloomsbury Academic India
Series	Starting with…
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing India Pvt. Ltd

Author

Craig B. Matarrese

Craig B. Matarrese is Associate Professor of Philo…

"Prof. Matarrese has written a lively, stimulating, and accessible introduction to Hegel that rivals the best books of this kind on the market today. His prose is lucid and jargon-free; his chapters are well organized and stimulating. He covers a wide variety of Hegel's texts, at a level suitable for students new to the study of Hegel. He also provides a vivid sense of the goals of Hegel's philosophy and how each book contributed to them. I heartily recommend the book to anyone interested in Hegel's thought." - William R. Schroeder, University of Illinois, USA
"Matarrese has given anyone wanting or needing an introduction to Hegel a very good one, that should work at any level. Students taking courses on Hegel should find it both accessible and helpful, those teaching them will be grateful for it, and philosophers wondering whether Hegel is worth looking into should have no doubt that he is after reading it." - Richard Schacht, University of Illinois, USA