ABSTRACT

Over the last decade renewed interest in Hegel's thought and its legacy, especially in Anglo-American philosophy, has combined with the publication of new critical editions of his work in German to underline the value of Hegel for contemporary philosophy. "Hegel: New Directions" takes stock of this re-evaluation and presents an assessment of current thinking on this seminal philosopher. Leading scholars, who have spearheaded the reappraisal, bring the history of philosophy into dialogue with contemporary philosophical questions. Drawing on a broad range of themes, the essays offer a critical and stimulating guide to Hegel's thought, whilst addressing central questions of contemporary philosophy in epistemology, ethics, political and social theory, religion, philosophy of nature and aesthetics.

chapter |15 pages

Introduction

On Reading Hegel Today

chapter |16 pages

The Apperceptive I and the Empirical Self

Towards a Heterodox Reading of “Lordship and Bondage” in Hegel's Phenomenology

chapter |16 pages

Substance, Subject and Infinity

A Case Study of the Role of Logic in Hegel's System

chapter |18 pages

Recognition and Reconciliation

Actualized Agency in Hegel's Jena Phenomenology

chapter |18 pages

Catching up with History

Hegel and Abstract Painting