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Overview
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 immensely significant thinker.
Thematically structured, the book leads the reader through an 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 reveal 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. This is the ideal introduction for anyone coming to the work of this hugely important thinker for the first time.
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Craig B. Matarrese is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Director of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) Program at Minnesota State University, USA.
Table of Contents
Abbreviations vii
Chapter 1 Introduction 1
i The Falling of Dusk 5
ii Speculative Hermeneutics 15
iii Organic Unity and Self-Development 21
iv Plan and Strategy of the Book 25
Chapter 2 Hegel's Early Writings: Overcoming Separation 28
i The Need for Philosophy 31
ii Love and Recognition 36
iii God Himself is Dead 39
iv Alienation, Community, and the Modern State 44
Chapter 3 The Phenomenology of Spirit: The Satisfactions and Dissatisfactions of Consciousness 50
i Supersession and Hegelian Irony 52
ii Pure and Impure Recognition 58
iii Self-Alienated Spirit 62
iv The Path to Absolute Knowledge 70
Chapter 4 Hegel's Encyclopedia: The Structure of Being, Nature, and Mind 79
i Throwing Away the Ladder 82
ii Reason and 'The Understanding' 86
iii Necessity in Nature 89
iv The Emergence of Spirit 94
Chapter 5 The Philosophy of Right: Freedom as Self-Realization 99
i Self-Realization and 'Ethical Life' 102
ii Identification and Externalization 107
iii Acting in Accordance with Reason 112
iv Bildung and the Korporation 117
Chapter 6 The Philosophy of History: Reason Rules the World 123
i Necessity and Contingency in History 126
ii The Path of Freedom 131
iii Progressivism and the 'End of History' 135
iv The Twilight of the Modern State 139
Chapter 7 Absolute Spirit: Art, Religion, and Philosophy 145
i Absolutely Fundamental Values 147
ii Art is a Thing of the Past 151
iii Religion is for Everyone 158
iv The Practice of Philosophy 161
Further Reading 165
Index 171