The Blackwell Guide To Hegel'S Phenomenology Of Spirit

Providing a groundbreaking collective commentary, by an international group of leading philosophical scholars, Blackwell's Guide to Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit transforms and expands our understanding and appreciation of one of the most challenging works in Western philosophy.



Collective philosophical commentary on the whole of Hegel's Phenomenology in sequence with the original text.


Original essays by leading international philosophers and Hegel experts.


Provides a comprehensive Bibliography of further sources.

Kenneth R. Westphal is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kent. His books include: Hegel's Epistemological Realism (1989), Hegel's Epistemology: A Philosophical Introduction to the Phenomenology of Spirit (2003) and Kant's Transcendental Proof of Realism (2004); he is the editor of Pragmatism, Reason and Norms (1998).

Notes on Contributors.
References.
Introduction.
1. Hegel’s Phenomenological Method and Analysis of Consciousness: Kenneth R. Westphal (University of Kent, Canterbury).
2. Desire, Recognition, and the Relation between Bondsman and Lord: Frederick Neuhouser (Columbia University, New York).
3. Freedom and Thought: Stoicism, Skepticism, and Unhappy Consciousness: Franco Chiereghin (University of Padua).
4. The Challenge of Reason: From Certainty to Truth: Cinzia Ferrini (University of Trieste).
5. Reason Observing Nature: Cinzia Ferrini (University of Trieste).
6. Shapes of Active Reason: The Law of the Heart, Retrieved Virtue, and What Really Matters: Terry Pinkard (Georgetown University, Washington, DC).
7. The Ethics of Freedom: Hegel on Reason as Law-Giving and Law-Testing: David Couzens Hoy (University of California, Santa Cruz).
8. Hegel, Antigone, and Feminist Critique: The Spirit of Ancient Greece: Jocelyn B. Hoy (University of California, Santa Cruz).
9. Hegel’s Critique of the Enlightenment in “The Struggle of the Enlightenment with Superstition”: Jürgen Stolzenberg (Martin-Luther-Universität, Halle-Wittenburg).
10. “Morality” in Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit: Frederick C. Beiser (Syracuse University, New York).
11. Religion, History, and Spirit in Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit: George di Giovanni (McGill University, Montreal).
12. Absolute Knowing: Allegra de Laurentiis (SUNY-Stony Brook, New York).
13. Spirit and Concrete Subjectivity in Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit: Marina F. Bykova (North Carolina State University).
General Bibliography.
Index of Names.
Subject Index.
Table of Concordances