[The Routledge Philosophers 01] • Hegel by Beiser, Frederick C. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents Preface Abbreviations Chronology Introduction

A Question of Relevance A Question of Method

Part One: Early Ideals and Context

Cultural Context One

The Twilight of the Enlightenment Anti-foundationalism The Pantheism Controversy The Birth of Nihilism The Rise of Historicism The Theory–Practice Debate

Early Ideals Two

The Romantic Legacy The Highest Good Ethical Ideals Political Ideal Religious Ideal The Challenge of Division

Part Two: Metaphysics

Absolute Idealism Three

The Question of Metaphysics What is the Absolute? Subject–Object Identity The Meaning of ‘Idealism’ The Synthesis of Idealism and Realism, Freedom and Necessity The Myth of Panlogicism?

The Organic Worldview Four

The Organic Dimension The Rise of Organicism Classical and Christian Origins The Spinoza Legacy The Kantian Legacy and Challenge Reply to Kant In Defense of Naturphilosophie Myths about Naturphilosophie

The Realm of Spirit Five

Life and Spirit The Spirit of Love The Metaphysics of Love The Transformation of Love

The Religious Dimension Six

The Unending Debate Early Critique of Christianity Reversal in Frankfurt A New Religion Mature Standpoint Concept of God The Identity Thesis

Part Three: Epistemological Foundations

The Dialectic Seven

A Critical Foundation for Metaphysics Myths and Legends about Dialectic Structure of the Dialectic in the Logic Task of Dialectic in the Phenomenology

Solipsism and Intersubjectivity Eight

The Specter of Nihilism The Context of the Argument The Dialectic of Desire Lordship and Bondage

Part Four: Social and Political Philosophy

Freedom and the Foundation of Right Nine

Metaphysics and Politics The Concept of Freedom A Betrayer of Liberty? The Foundation of Law Machiavelli’s Challenge The Idealism of a Reformer

Hegel’s Theory of the State Ten

Hegel’s Political Project The Critique of Liberalism and Communitarianism Ethical Life The Organic State Civil Society The Structure and Powers of the State

Part Five: Philosophy of Culture

Philosophy of History Eleven

Hegel and Historicism Reason in History The Cunning of Reason The Problem of Evil The Meaning of Life Hegel versus the Existentialists

Aesthetics Twelve

The Paradox of Hegel’s Aesthetics The Subordination Thesis Art as Cognition Death of Art

Epilogue: The Rise and Fall of the Hegelian School Notes Further Reading Bibliography Index