Now more than ever, the encroaching significance of the internet and its capacities calls us to question how we relate to ourselves as subjects — this question is necessarily a historical one. The notion of a 'virtual' dimension to our social world reorients all of our preconcei…
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The primary purpose of this thesis is to stress that there is a relationship between the texts one reads and the psychedelic experiences one may have. Reading texts has an effect on set and setting with respect to psychedelic experiences. Further, texts read—by figures like Timo…
In the context of 19th century German idealist philosophy, Hegel insisted that the content of a work of art is best grasped as concepts in order to establish its spiritual substantiality. However, no object, word or image could accurately represent the content and meaning of a m…
This thesis addresses the tendency of the representation of the history of cultures that fall outside of the traditional European/American narrative to follow either universalizing or particularizing approaches. The opposing concepts of universalism and particularism not only cr…
In this thesis I argue that following Hegel's commitment to both political philosophy and political theory, Max Stirner, Karl Marx and Friedrich Nietzsche take flight from doing political theory in the 'Western' tradition. I demonstrate that Stirner, Marx and Nietzsche all use t…
This dissertation explores the thesis that human relationships may be transformed into those that offer freedom to pursue personal goals and at the same time fulfill communal objectives, which I name “liberating relationships.” The inquiry begins with the Christian theological n…
This dissertation examines Friedrich Schiller’s, G.W.F. Hegel’s, and Søren Kierkegaard’s critiques of modernity. Through exegesis of key texts, it argues that the categories of ‘sacrifice’ and ‘reconciliation’ are crucial for understanding these critiques.
The Phenomenology of Spirit (PhS) is regarded as one of the most difficult texts in the history of philosophy and has been subjected to a wide variety of interpretations. In this paper I seek to open up an additional interpretative space by returning to Hegel's early theological…