Hegel: New Directions

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

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction: On reading Hegel today; 1. Hegel on conscience and the history of moral philosophy; 2. The apperceptive I and the empirical self: towards a heterodox reading of ""Lordship and Bondage"" in Hegel's Phenomenology; 3. Hegel, McDowell and recent defences of Kant; 4. Substance, subject and infinity: a case study of the role of logic in Hegel's system; 5. Dialectic as logic of transformative processes; 6. Hegel, ethics and the logic of universality.

7. Recognition and reconciliation: actualized agency in Hegel's Jena Phenomenology8. The contemporary relevance of Hegel's practical philosophy; 9. Catching up with history: Hegel and abstract painting; 10. New directions in Hegel's philosophy of nature; 11. Hegel and the gospel according to Immanuel; 12. What is conceptual history?; 13. On Hegel's interpretation of Aristotle's psyche: a qualified defence; Bibliography; Index.