The self and its body in Hegel's Phenomenology of spirit
By: John Russon.
Series: Toronto studies in philosophy
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Toronto; Buffalo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
Subjects: Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770-1831; Body, Human (Philosophy); Self (Philosophy)
Description: A major criticism of Hegel's philosophy is that it fails to comprehend the experience of the body. In this book, John Russon shows that there is in fact a philosophy of embodiment implicit in Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit. Russon argues that Hegel has not only taken account of the body, but has done so in a way that integrates both modern work on embodiment and the approach to the body found in ancient Greek philosophy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-196) and index.