Title: Hegel /
Authors: Taylor, Charles, 1931-
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,
Year: 1977
Subjects: Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich,; Philosophy
Abstract: A 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 signifance in a wider community. He considers the present form of these issues and the significance of Hegel's enterprise for the development of philosophy in this century." "Hegel's basic ideas are characterized against this background, followed by an extensive exposition of his philosophy, as it is developed in the Phenomenology, the Logic and the works on history, politics, art, religion and the history of philosophy. Professor Taylor engages with Hegel sympathetically, on Hegel's own terms and, as 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. - Publisher.
Contents: Part 1 : The claims of speculative reason -- Aims of a new epoch -- Hegel's itinerary -- self-positing spirit -- Part 2 : Phenomenology -- The dialectic of consciousness -- Self-consciousness -- The formation of spirit -- The road to manifest religion -- The phenomenology as interpretive dialectic -- Part 3 : Logic -- A dialectic of categories -- Being -- Dasein -- Quantity -- Measure -- Essence -- From reflection to ground -- Appearance -- Reality -- The concept -- Subjectivity -- Objectivity -- The idea -- The idea in nature -- Part 4 : History and politics -- Ethical substance -- Reason and history -- The realized state -- Part 5 : Absolute spirit -- Art -- Religion -- Philosophy -- Part 6 : Conclusion -- Hegel today.