HEGEL: NEW DIRECTIONS; ED. BY KATERINA DELIGIORGI

Renewed interest in Hegel's thought and its legacy has combined with the publication of critical editions of his work in German to underline the value of Hegel for contemporary philosophy. This book takes stock of this re-evaluation and presents an assessment of thinking on this seminal philosopher. 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 Cover......Page 1 Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 Contributors......Page 8 Acknowledgements......Page 10 Abbreviations......Page 12 Introduction: On reading Hegel today......Page 14 1. Hegel on conscience and the history of moral philosophy......Page 30 2. The apperceptive I and the empirical self......Page 46 3. Hegel, McDowell and recent defences of Kant......Page 62 4. Substance, subject and infinity......Page 82 5. Dialectic as logic of transformative processes......Page 98 6. Hegel, ethics and the logic of universality......Page 118 7. Recognition and reconciliation......Page 138 8. The contemporary relevance of Hegel's practical philosophy......Page 156 9. Catching up with history......Page 172 10. New directions in Hegel's philosophy of nature......Page 190 11. Hegel and the gospel according to Immanuel......Page 206 12. What is conceptual history?......Page 220 13. Hegel's interpretation of Aristotle's psyche......Page 240 Bibliography......Page 256 Index......Page 268