tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991063883162438692024-03-19T07:37:02.179+00:00Hegelian News & ReviewsThe philosophy of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831) is a landmark interpretation of the intertwinings of cognition, secular history and piety. This blog examines Hegelian ideas and their international reception, including in Scotland starting with James Hutchison Stirling's The Secret of Hegel (1865) and the works of Edward Caird. It reflects the contributor's own studies, which are partly biographical, and also features related news in a twitter feed.HegelianNewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10935054221872604381noreply@blogger.comBlogger94125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99106388316243869.post-37896060492741390292023-06-14T18:39:00.004+01:002023-06-22T21:56:03.347+01:00Haym's Defection from the Hegelian LogicFrench translation of Hegel und seine Zeit (1857).This is an analysis of Rudolf Haym’s clear-sighted lecture on Hegel's Science of Logic from his classic book Hegel and His Time (1857). Introduction (Stephen Cowley)Hegel’s Science of Logic is written from a standpoint of pure reason aside from common sense which it then attempts to reconstruct. However, this standpoint lacks the HegelianNewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10935054221872604381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99106388316243869.post-40864194681880372462023-04-10T09:03:00.009+01:002023-06-03T14:54:56.069+01:00The Absolute Idea (Part Three)First English translation of Hegel's Science of Logic (1929).In this last of our three posts on the Absolute Idea section of Hegel's Science of Logic (1816), we discuss the idea of philosophical system, the relation of logical categories to the concrete sciences, and the notion of creation. Part One Part TwoIntroduction (Stephen Cowley)In these final paragraphs of the book on theHegelianNewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10935054221872604381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99106388316243869.post-39036913585360637962023-04-03T10:24:00.016+01:002023-04-11T21:27:15.603+01:00The Absolute Idea (Part Two)First English edition of Science of Logic (1929)In this post, we discuss the paragraphs on the method of logic dealing with beginning and development from the Absolute Idea section of Hegel's Science of Logic (1816).Part One Part ThreeIntroduction (Stephen Cowley)These next paragraphs concern the notions of the beginning and development as components of logical method. Hegel has HegelianNewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10935054221872604381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99106388316243869.post-88887450173640814692023-03-24T10:34:00.019+00:002023-04-23T21:43:50.666+01:00The Absolute Idea (Part One)First English edition of Hegel's Science of Logic (1929).This is the first of three posts analysing Hegel's essay on the "Absolute Idea" in his Science of Logic (1816), in which he addresses the method of logical science in general and its place in his philosophical system.The Absolute IdeaPreliminary Thoughts (Stephen Cowley)I discuss here the last section of Hegel’s Science of Logic (1812-16), HegelianNewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10935054221872604381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99106388316243869.post-62035366188363099412023-03-18T12:06:00.001+00:002023-03-18T12:26:12.420+00:00Minor Philological NoteFirst English translation of Hegel's Science of Logic.This post identifies a reference to the Phenomenology of Spirit in Hegel's Science of Logic from the original editions.Philological Note: The Science of LogicIn the penultimate section of the Science of Logic (Volume III, 1816, 366) on the Idea of the Good, Hegel refers back to the Phenomenology of Spirit (1807) for the "HegelianNewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10935054221872604381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99106388316243869.post-195843007862377922023-01-03T14:55:00.000+00:002023-01-03T14:55:22.788+00:00Hegel on Teleology and LifeTeleology in action: plants strive for the sunlight in Queensland, Australia. This post analyses Hegel’s view of teleology, or apparent purpose in nature, in his Science of Logic.IntroductionHegel's Science of Logic contains a dedicated essay on the significance of teleology that is worth analysing in depth for what it has to say on the “argument from design” for God’s HegelianNewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10935054221872604381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99106388316243869.post-67426295339710089122022-09-25T11:58:00.002+01:002023-03-25T20:31:43.105+00:00Hegel on the Concept in General (Part Two)First English translation of Hegel's Science of Logic (1929).This concluding post (of two) on Hegel's essay on "The Concept in General" from the Science of Logic relates his view of reason to the idea of self-consciousness drawn from Kant's critical philosophy.On the Notion in General (continued)Part One here.Self-consciousness and the ConceptThis central section of the essay refers back to a HegelianNewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10935054221872604381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99106388316243869.post-52595966733167643222022-09-25T08:49:00.006+01:002023-03-25T20:31:23.915+00:00Hegel on the Concept in General (Part One)The first English translation of Hegel's Science of Logic (1929). This post is the first part of two analysing the essay on "The Concept in General" from Hegel's Science of Logic (1812-16).Introduction (Stephen Cowley)The third volume of Hegel's Science of Logic (1816), titled “Subjective Logic”, begins with a significant essay that orients the reader through the remainder of the book, HegelianNewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10935054221872604381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99106388316243869.post-10249700112625162522022-04-04T15:58:00.006+01:002023-02-01T05:01:14.248+00:00The Illuminated, by Anindita Ghose. The Illuminated, by Anindita Ghose.In a departure from the usual fare of this blog, we review a recent Indian novel with a frustrated Hegel-scholar as a lead character: Anindita Ghose's The Illuminated (New Delhi, 2021).The Illuminated, by Anindita Ghose. New Delhi: Fourth Estate, 2021.This recent Indian novel came to our attention because one of its leading characters is a frustrated Hegel HegelianNewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10935054221872604381noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99106388316243869.post-86456135628395035412021-12-31T11:19:00.006+00:002023-04-05T21:42:42.286+01:00Jean Wahl and Hegel-scholarship in the Age of Existentialism (Part Two)The first edition of Wahl's book on Hegel (1929).This post completes our discussion of French philosopher Jean Wahl's Le Malheur de la conscience dans la philosophie de Hegel [The Misfortune of Consciousness in Hegel's Philosophy] (1929). We outline the reception of the idea of "unhappy consciousness" which is central to Wahl's interpretation of Hegel and then evaluate his understanding of the HegelianNewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10935054221872604381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99106388316243869.post-37462737107161780252021-03-07T11:41:00.002+00:002021-03-07T11:48:49.281+00:00Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit in Scots - 1 This is an experiment in translating sections of Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit (1807) into broad Scots. We start with the sub-section on the Law of the Heart from Chapter 5 - Reason. Vocabulary and reading suggestions - particularly for the Stage, spatial movement and mental dispositions - welcome. The video includes photographs from my trip in 2017 to the parts of Switzerland (Tschugg, HegelianNewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10935054221872604381noreply@blogger.com2Scotland, UK56.490671199999987 -4.202645836.671128026636381 -39.358895800000006 76.310214373363593 30.953604200000008tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99106388316243869.post-15371960866084988932021-02-28T14:49:00.009+00:002023-05-21T22:29:54.066+01:00Review of David Charlston's Translation and Hegel's PhilosophyHere is our review of David Charlston's recent book, Translation and Hegel's Philosophy (Abingdon, NY: Routledge, 2020).Translation and Hegel’s Philosophy: a Transformative, Socio-Narrative Approach to A.V. Miller’s Cold-War Retranslations. David Charlston. Abingdon; NY: Routledge. 2020. Reviewed by Stephen Cowley.This book will interest students of the reception of Hegelian thought in the HegelianNewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10935054221872604381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99106388316243869.post-9340374264603536312021-02-21T10:48:00.002+00:002023-04-05T21:41:00.722+01:00English translators' paragraph number differences in the Phenomenology of SpiritImage courtesy of Philosophydata.com (2021).Here is a summary of the paragraph numbering differences between Miller, Pinkard and Inwood's English translations of Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit (1807).SummaryIn short, from paragraphs 403-540, Miller and Inwood are one number ahead of Pinkard. In more detail, the situation is:Chapters 1-4. – Miller and Pinkard are identical as far as I HegelianNewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10935054221872604381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99106388316243869.post-18933884984569644032020-11-19T21:00:00.010+00:002020-11-22T19:33:30.845+00:00Hegel on Observation and Self-observation (From Phenomenology of Spirit)Title page of first edition of Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit (1807).This post is a commented abstract of the first third of the reason chapter of Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit (1807), which deals with logic, psychology and other sciences of human self-observation.Introduction (Stephen Cowley)This is an exposition of the first third of chapter five (Reason) in Hegel’s Phenomenology HegelianNewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10935054221872604381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99106388316243869.post-910329160662412532020-06-01T01:58:00.003+01:002023-03-11T09:00:19.243+00:00"Religion expresses what spirit is earlier in time than science." (Part Two)
Church carving of Christ's crucifixion, in Stuttgart Landesmuseum
This and the previous post are a reading of the section of Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit (1807) on Christianity. In this post, I deal with the final section on the doctrine of the church.
Introduction (Stephen Cowley)
This post concludes this summary of the section on Christianity (Chapter 7C) of Hegel’s Phenomenology HegelianNewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10935054221872604381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99106388316243869.post-47151311117960862852020-05-31T16:20:00.002+01:002021-02-07T20:34:10.307+00:00"Religion expresses what spirit is earlier in time than science." (Part One)
Church carving of Christ's crucifixion, in Stuttgart Landesmuseum
This and the following post are a reading of the section of Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit (1807) on Christianity. The title quote is from Phenomenology (para 802), translating "Wissenschaft" as science.
Introduction (Stephen Cowley)
These posts share my reading of the section on Christianity of the Phenomenology of Spirit (HegelianNewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10935054221872604381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99106388316243869.post-76549397806118592402020-03-07T19:28:00.000+00:002020-03-09T20:33:29.192+00:00Review of "Hegel's Career and Politics" by Mehmet Tabak
We review a recent Hegel-biography, Hegel's Career and Politics: The Making of the Most Famous Philosopher in Germany, 1788-1831, by Mehmet Tabak.
Hegel’s Career and Politics: The Making of the Most Famous Philosopher in Germany, 1788-1831. Mehmet Tabak. Tabak, 2019.
Introduction
This self-published, polemical work (available here) earned our notice for the challenge it offers to HegelianNewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10935054221872604381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99106388316243869.post-91770238959225105032019-12-31T22:33:00.003+00:002023-12-08T03:05:02.488+00:00The Skeptical Origin of the Divided Consciousness
The collection Between Kant and Hegel (1985) contains Hegel's essay on skepticism in English translation.
This post summaries some background reading on the problem of the origin of the unchangeable wing of the unhappy or divided consciousness out of skepticism in Chapter Four of Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit.
The Skeptical Origin of the Divided Consciousness
The skeptical HegelianNewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10935054221872604381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99106388316243869.post-51365683103489781272019-12-31T15:59:00.001+00:002020-01-08T05:35:48.526+00:00Thought and Action in Richard Kroner's Hegel-scholarship
French translation (2015) of Richard Kroner's Von Kant bis Hegel (1921-24).
This post compares the theme of the relations of thought and action in Richard Kroner's and John Macmurray’s philosophy.
Introduction (Stephen Cowley)
Richard Kroner's two-volume book Von Kant bis Hegel [From Kant to Hegel] (1921-24) was a milestone in the revival of Hegel's influence and HegelianNewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10935054221872604381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99106388316243869.post-5339339874948477542019-07-01T12:51:00.000+01:002019-07-14T22:27:07.549+01:00Hegel and Jacobi on Skepticism and Christianity
Portrait of F.H. Jacobi (1743-1819), by Johann Friedrich Eich, 1780.
This post is a reading of F.H. Jacobi’s Letters on Spinoza (1785) and dialogue David Hume on Faith (1787) with a view to shedding light on Hegel's view of the relationship between skepticism and Christianity in the Phenomenology of Spirit (1807).
An enduring legacy of Hegel was his idea of particular philosophical positionsHegelianNewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10935054221872604381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99106388316243869.post-26351239832677494932019-02-18T12:37:00.002+00:002021-03-21T22:23:57.860+00:00Book review: Jena 1800 by Peter Neumann
This is our review of Peter Neumann's recent book Jena 1800: Die Republik der freien Geister [Jena 1800: the Republic of free Spirits] (Sielder, 2018) on the literary and philosophical culture of German Romanticism (reissued 2020 as Sternstunden: Jena 1800 und der Aufbruch in die Moderne).
Jena 1800: Die Republik der freien Geister
Peter Neumann. München: Siedler, 2018.
The purpose HegelianNewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10935054221872604381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99106388316243869.post-74727641608653599072018-12-31T14:47:00.004+00:002022-01-09T22:36:22.107+00:00Jean Wahl and Hegel-scholarship in the Age of Existentialism (Part One)
The first edition of Wahl's book on Hegel.
This is the first of two posts on French Hegel-scholar Jean Wahl's work on Hegel in which he presents religion as more influential than political or economic struggle in Hegel's account of the development of self-conscious life.
Introduction (Stephen Cowley)
The French Hegel-scholar Jean Wahl (1888-1974) is said to have “begun the theoretical HegelianNewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10935054221872604381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99106388316243869.post-85001052031557992902018-09-30T12:30:00.001+01:002023-01-04T19:21:22.790+00:00Lukács and Hegel on Teleology
György Lukács (1885-1971)
This post considers the theological implications of apparent purpose in nature in the light of Hegel-scholar György Lukacs’ analysis of teleology and the human labour process.
Introduction (Stephen Cowley)
György Lukács’ The Young Hegel (1975) marked an important step in Hegel scholarship, setting Hegel's thought in relation to its political-economic origins and HegelianNewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10935054221872604381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99106388316243869.post-26393213943225451692018-02-19T20:51:00.002+00:002023-04-03T18:48:14.652+01:00Wilhelm Dilthey's final reading of Hegel
The following notes are from an article by Marie-Jeanne Konigson-Montain, «Dilthey lecteur de Hegel» [Dilthey reader of Hegel], in the collection Autour de Hegel, hommage à Bernard Bourgeois (2000) on the influence of Hegel on changes in Dilthey's last writings that gave a greater role in mental life to a reason informed by historical knowledge.
Introduction (Stephen Cowley)
The following HegelianNewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10935054221872604381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99106388316243869.post-58871737196220297782018-01-01T08:56:00.001+00:002023-04-03T18:47:56.503+01:00Wilhelm Dilthey's Hegel as seen by György Lukács
Statue of György Lukács by Imre Varga in Budapest.
This post considers Hungarian critic György Lukács’ (1885-1971) reading of Wilhelm Dilthey on Hegel’s Frankfurt period. Lukács’ trenchant materialist analysis of Hegel is at odds with Dilthey’s predominantly religious interpretation, so his concessions to it are worth considering.
On Life and Reason:
György Lukács on Dilthey’s Hegel
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