Hegel's Absolute: An Introduction to Reading the Phenomenology of Spirit (SUNY Series in Hegelian Studies)

Annotation Offers suggestions for approaching Hegel's most difficult and important work Hegel's Absolute......Page 4 Contents......Page 8 Preface......Page 10 1. Hegel’s Preface:Reflection versus Speculation......Page 18 2. Hegel’s “Introduction”:The Double Ansich......Page 30 3. Hegel’s Reason:A Digression......Page 42 4. Hegel’s System:Dialectic of “Andness”......Page 48 5. The Beginning of the Phenomenology......Page 58 6. Force, Understanding,and the Inverted World......Page 66 7. Self-Consciousness of Masterhood and Servitude......Page 72 8. Unhappy Consciousness......Page 80 9. On Reading the Second “Half”of the Phenomenology:An Overview of Reason and Spirit......Page 88 10. Absolute Knowing......Page 108 A P P E N D I X: Hegel’s Terminology......Page 116 Works Cited......Page 140 F......Page 146 M......Page 147 W......Page 148 Reputed to be one of the most difficult yet rewarding works of philosophical literature, Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit has long been in need of an introduction for English readers. Without using jargon or technical terms, Donald Phillip Verene provides that introduction, guiding the reader through Hegel's text as a whole and offering a way to grasp the major insights and sections of Hegel's text without oversimplifying its narrative. A glossary of sixty of Hegel's terms, discussed in both their original German and English equivalents, is included. Donald Phillip Verene. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 123-128) And Index.