Tag: history
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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Jenaer Systementwürfe III, Gesammelte Werke, 08
The lecture manuscript on the philosophy of nature and philosophy of spirit from the years 1805/06 represents the latest of the three surviving system drafts from Hegel’s Jena period. Regarding the philosophy of nature, the text of this lecture stands out because it is the first to have a systematic structure that closely resembles the…
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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Vorlesungsmanuskripte I (1816-1831), Gesammelte Werke, 17
This work presents an in-depth exploration of the Philosophy of Religion, one of the key areas of Hegel’s thought. These are lecture manuscripts organized into three major parts, examining religion from its fundamental concept to its most developed, revealed forms. Part One delves into the concept of religion, providing a general definition, a scientific approach…
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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Enzyklopädie der philosophischen Wissenschaften im Grundrisse (1830), Gesammelte Werke, 20
This work presents Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel’s Encyclopedia of the Philosophical Sciences in Outline, a foundational text in German Idealism. It outlines Hegel’s systematic approach to philosophy, covering three major areas: Logic, the Philosophy of Nature, and the Philosophy of Spirit. The book begins with a detailed introduction and several prefaces, including those to the…
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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Enzyklopädie der philosophischen Wissenschaften im Grundrisse (1827), Gesammelte Werke, 19
This volume presents G. W. F. Hegel’s Encyclopedia of the Philosophical Sciences in Outline (1827), a foundational work that captures Hegel’s comprehensive system of philosophy, divided into three main parts: Logic, Philosophy of Nature, and Philosophy of Spirit. The Encyclopedia begins with Hegel’s prefaces to both the first and second editions, followed by a detailed…
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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Schriften und Entwürfe I (1817-1825), Gesammelte Werke, 15
This volume of Gesammelte Werke focuses on a variety of Hegel’s early writings, both published and unpublished, spanning across his intellectual development from 1799 to 1808. It includes printed works, manuscripts, and secondary transmissions that shed light on his evolving philosophical views. Printed Works: Manuscripts: Secondary Transmissions: The appendix provides helpful editorial aids, including a…
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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Schriften und Entwürfe (1799-1808), Gesammelte Werke, 05
This volume of the Academy Edition presents Hegel’s early writings from Jena and texts from his time in Bamberg. It begins with the Fragments of a Critique of the German Constitution, which Hegel started writing in Frankfurt. The individual sections are arranged in chronological order, reflecting the multiple revisions of this text that Hegel never…
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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Frühe Schriften I, Gesammelte Werke, 01
This book provides a comprehensive collection of Hegel’s earliest writings and reflections, spanning his youth through his formative years. It includes diaries, early school essays, sermons, studies, and correspondence that illuminate his philosophical development. Each section captures Hegel’s grappling with questions central to his later work, including religion, ethics, and metaphysics, in addition to his…
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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Frühe Exzerpte (1785-1800), Gesammelte Werke, 03
This volume provides a collection of early writings and excerpts from Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel’s educational and formative years. It encompasses writings from his time in gymnasium (1785-1788), his years in Bern (1794-1796), and various undated excerpts. The contents cover philosophical reflections, pedagogical insights, definitions of central philosophical terms, and observations on European culture and…
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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Vorlesungsmanuskripte II (1816-1831), Gesammelte Werke, 18
The reception history of Hegel’s philosophy has been largely shaped by his lectures. However, manuscripts of these lectures have only survived fragmentarily—except for the manuscript on the philosophy of religion, which was already published with appendices in GW 17. This volume brings together all the other surviving manuscripts and notes for the lectures that Hegel…
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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Nürnberger Gymnasialkurse und Gymnasialreden (1808-1816), Gesammelte Werke, 10,1
In Hegel’s philosophical development, there is a decade-long gap between the foundational years in Jena (1801-1806) and the years of elaboration in Heidelberg and Berlin (1816-1831). This period includes the two Bamberg years (1807-1808), for which the few texts are already published in volumes 5 and 12 of the Gesammelte Werke, and especially the Nuremberg…
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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Nürnberger Gymnasialkurse und Gymnasialreden (1808-1816), Gesammelte Werke, 10,2
In Hegel’s philosophical development, there is a decade-long gap between the foundational years in Jena (1801-1806) and the years of elaboration in Heidelberg and Berlin (1816-1831). This period includes the two Bamberg years (1807-1808), for which the few texts are already published in volumes 5 and 12 of the Gesammelte Werke, and especially the Nuremberg…
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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Wissenschaft der Logik. Erster Band. Die objektive Logik (1812/13), Gesammelte Werke, 11
Hegel’s Science of Logic is a landmark work that deeply examines the underlying structures of thought and reality. Volume 1, The Objective Logic, is divided into two primary books: The Doctrine of Being and The Doctrine of Essence. This volume introduces Hegel’s systematic philosophy, beginning with a deep inquiry into the most fundamental categories of…
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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Naturrecht und Staatswissenschaft im Grundrisse – Grundlinien der Philosophie des Rechts, Gesammelte Werke, 14,1
Hegel’s Grundlinien der Philosophie des Rechts is considered one of the classical and most influential works in modern legal and political philosophy. In it, he outlines a philosophy of objective spirit, partly based on earlier ‘natural law’ and partly in response to the political and legal conditions following the French Revolution and at the start…
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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Grundlinien der Philosophie des Rechts: Beilagen, Gesammelte Werke, 14,2
Hegel’s Groundwork of the Philosophy of Right is one of the most classical and influential works in modern legal and political philosophy. In it, he outlines a philosophy of objective spirit, partly drawing on earlier ‘natural law’ and partly with reference to the political and legal situation following the French Revolution and at the beginning…
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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Exzerpte und Notizen (1809-1831), Gesammelte Werke, 22
The volume contains all the remaining notes and excerpts from books, journals, and newspapers by Hegel from the years 1809 to 1831, primarily from his time in Berlin. Hegel had already compiled extensive excerpts from the literature he read during his gymnasium years and had kept them permanently, referring to them as the “incunabula of…
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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Vorlesungen über die Wissenschaft der Logik I, Gesammelte Werke, 23,1
The lecture transcripts of Hegel’s lectures on logic provide a comprehensive view of the historical development of logic, especially the “pre-concept.” In them, Hegel’s logic gains a liveliness and clarity that makes understanding this discipline much easier compared to the Encyclopedia. These lectures are preserved in ten transcripts. The first volume includes, in addition to…
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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Vorlesungen über die Philosophie der Weltgeschichte I, Gesammelte Werke, 27,1
Hegel first presented his Philosophy of World History in the winter of 1822/23, as the last discipline, only after the aesthetics and philosophy of religion. The manuscript he prepared for this first course has been lost; extensive fragments only exist for the “Introduction” that he presented in the later courses, especially in the last one…
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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Vorlesungen über die Philosophie des subjektiven Geistes III, Gesammelte Werke, 25,3
The first volume, published in 2008 (GW 25,1), contains the lecture notes from the 1822 and 1825 lectures that Hegel delivered based on the first edition of his Enzyklopädie der philosophischen Wissenschaften im Grundrisse (1817). The second volume (published in 2011) includes the texts from the 1827/28 lectures (the lecture notes by Stolzenberg, with variants…
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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Vorlesungen über die Geschichte der Philosophie I, Gesammelte Werke, 30,1
In the context of Hegel’s lecture activities, his lectures on the history of philosophy hold particular significance: After the lectures on logic and metaphysics, Hegel devoted himself to no other subject as often and in as much detail, and with these lectures, he essentially founded the discipline of the history of philosophy within the structure…
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Subsumption in Kant, Hegel and Marx: From the Critique of Reason to the Critique of Society
In Subsumption in Kant, Hegel and Marx, Andres Saenz De Sicilia analyses the philosophical and socio-economic dimensions of the concept of “subsumption,” combining together the ideas of modern philosophy with critical social theory to examine how this notion operates within the framework of capitalism. At the basis of this inquiry is the recognition of capitalism…
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An Introduction to Hegel’s Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion: The Issue of Religious Content in the Enlightenment and Romanticism
Jon Stewart’s An Introduction to Hegel’s Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion serves as both closer look and a guiding text into one of the most challenging areas of Hegelian philosophy: his philosophy of religion. Stewart’s book is more than an introduction, it’s a carefully constructed exposition of Hegel’s thoughts on the nature, role, and…
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Introduction to Hegel’s Philosophy of Religion
Raymond K. Williamson’s Introduction to Hegel’s Philosophy of Religion delivers an in-depth exploration of how Hegel’s unique conception of religion intertwines with his entire philosophical project, especially his doctrine of God and the notion of absolute Spirit. This work presents the complex ways in which Hegel positions religion and philosophy as sharing a singular, ultimate…
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Hegel’s Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion, Volume I: Introduction and the Concept of Religion
Hegel’s Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion, Volume I: Introduction and the Concept of Religion, as edited and translated by Peter C. Hodgson and his team, is a monumental work that explores the foundational and often controversial intersections between philosophy and religion. In these Berlin lectures, Hegel introduces his philosophy of religion as an essential…
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Hegel’s Early Theological Writings
Hegel’s Early Theological Writings explores the formative years of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel’s philosophical and theological development, illuminating his transformation from a student of theology into a philosophical visionary whose ideas would eventually shape German idealism and the modern understanding of metaphysics, ethics, and religion. This volume presents Hegel’s significant early writings, penned before he…
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Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion | One-Volume Edition: The Lectures of 1827
The Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion in their 1827 iteration represent one of the clearest and most mature expressions of Hegel’s complex and comprehensive philosophical system, focusing explicitly on the concept of religion and its place in human life and thought. Hegel, a towering figure in German Idealism, integrates religion into his broader dialectical…
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Hegel’s Lectures on the History of Philosophy | Three Volumes
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel’s Lectures on the History of Philosophy, translated and edited by Robert F. Brown, is a monumental philosophical work presented in three volumes, reflecting Hegel’s explication of the evolution of philosophical thought across different epochs. Hegel, a pivotal figure in German Idealism, posited that human history progresses in alignment with divine purpose,…
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Hegel’s Elements of the Philosophy of Right
In Elements of the Philosophy of Right, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel presents a monumental exposition of ethical theory, natural rights, the philosophy of law, and political theory, combining these areas into a comprehensive examination of modern sociopolitical life. Edited by Allen W. Wood and translated by H. B. Nisbet, this edition is particularly significant as…
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From Marx to Hegel and Back: Capitalism, Critique, and Utopia
From Marx to Hegel and Back: Capitalism, Critique, and Utopia offers an ambitious philosophical reassessment of the enduring relationship between two towering figures in modern thought—Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and Karl Marx. In the area of both philosophical inquiry and socio-political critique, where Marxism continues to be reinterpreted and revitalized, the editors, Victoria Fareld and…
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The Cambridge Companion to Hegel
Few thinkers in the history of philosophy have elicited such passionate and polarized reactions as Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, whose work continues to provoke both ardent admiration and fierce dismissal. Some critics see him as an inscrutable charlatan whose dense metaphysical speculations border on obscurantism, while others regard him as one of the most profound…
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Hegel and Modern Society
In Hegel and Modern Society, Charles Taylor offers an incisive examination of the philosophical underpinnings of Hegel’s thought, specifically focusing on its relevance to contemporary social and political contexts. Taylor’s work seeks to dismantle the prevailing post-World War II perception of Hegel as a proto-fascist apologist, instead presenting him as a thinker who endeavors to…
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French Hegel: From Surrealism to Postmodernism
In French Hegel: From Surrealism to Postmodernism, Bruce Baugh presents a detailed history of ideas that traces the impact of Hegel on French philosophy from the 1920s to the present day. This work provides a lucid narrative that illuminates Hegel’s influence across various intellectual movements and key thinkers in France throughout the twentieth century. Baugh…
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Hegel’s Ontology of Power: The Structure of Social Domination in Capitalism
Arash Abazari’s Hegel’s Ontology of Power is a deeply ambitious philosophical project that reorients the prevailing readings of Hegel, challenging entrenched liberal interpretations that have long dominated Hegelian scholarship. The heart of Abazari’s intervention is to unveil a critical dimension within Hegel’s Science of Logic, specifically within the “logic of essence.” This approach diverges markedly…
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Approaching Hegel’s Logic, Obliquely: Melville, Moliere, Beckett
Angelica Nuzzo’s Approaching Hegel’s Logic, Obliquely is an audacious philosophical endeavor that stakes its ground on re-reading Hegel’s Logic as a “logic of transformation” and a “logic of action.” This is not a conventional explication of Hegel’s famously opaque work, nor is it content with philosophical abstraction. Instead, Nuzzo seeks to vivify Hegel’s thought by…
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The Bloomsbury Companion to Hegel
In The Bloomsbury Companion to Hegel, editors Allegra de Laurentiis and Jeffrey Edwards orchestrate an ambitious and comprehensive examination of the philosophical system of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, featuring contributions from eighteen eminent scholars whose expertise spans a broad spectrum of philosophical inquiry. This collaborative effort aims to serve as an indispensable reference for both…
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