Hegel

A major and comprehensive study of the philosophy of Hegel.

Charles Taylor (Author)

9780521291996, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 12 May 1977

596 pages
22.8 x 15.2 x 3.8 cm, 0.78 kg

"...the most important book on Hegel ever to appear in English." Journal of European Studies

A major and comprehensive study of the philosophy of Hegel, his place in the history of ideas, and his continuing relevance and importance. Professor Taylor relates Hegel to the earlier history of philosophy and, more particularly, to the central intellectual and spiritual issues of his own time. He sees these in terms of a pervasive tension between the evolving ideals of individuality and self-realization on the one hand, and on the other a deeply-felt need to find significance in a wider community. Charles Taylor engages with Hegel sympathetically, on Hegel's own terms and, as the the subject demands, in detail. We are made to grasp the interconnections of the system without being overwhelmed or overawed by its technicality. We are shown its importance and its limitations, and are enabled to stand back from it.

Preface and acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Part I. The Claims of Speculative Reason: 1. Aims of a new epoch
2. Hegel's itinerary
3. Self-positing spirit
Part II. Phenomenology: 4. The dialectic of consciousness
5. Self-consciousness
6. The formation of spirit
7. The road to manifest religion
8. The Phenomenology as interpretive dialectic
Part III. Logic: 9. A dialectic of categories
10. Being
11. Essence
12. The concept
13. The idea in nature
Part IV. History and Politics: 14. Ethical substance
15. Reason and history
16. The realized state
Part V. Absolute Spirit: 17. Art
18. Religion
19. Philosophy
Part VI. Conclusion: 20. Hegel today
Biographical note
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900 [HPCD]