G. W. F. Hegel The thought of G. W. F. Hegel (1770–1831) has had a deep and lasting influence on a wide range of philosophical, political, religious, aes- thetic, cultural and scientific movements. But despite the far-reaching importance of Hegel’s thought, there is often a great deal of confusion about what he actually said or believed. G. W. F. Hegel: Key Concepts provides an accessible introduction to both Hegel’s thought and Hegel-inspired philosophy in general, demonstrating how his concepts were understood, adopted and critically transformed by later thinkers. The first section of the book covers the principal philosophical themes in Hegel’s system: epistemology, meta- physics, philosophy of mind, ethical theory, political philosophy, phi- losophy of nature, philosophy of art, philosophy of religion, philosophy of history and theory of the history of philosophy. The second section covers the main post-Hegelian movements in philosophy: Marxism, existentialism, pragmatism, analytic philosophy, hermeneutics and French post-structuralism. The breadth and depth of G. W. F. Hegel: Key Concepts makes it an invaluable introduction for philosophical beginners and a useful reference source for more advanced scholars and researchers. Michael Baur is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University, USA. Key Concepts Theodor Adorno: Key Concepts Martin Heidegger: Key Concepts Edited by Deborah Cook Edited by Bret W. Davis Hannah Arendt: Key Concepts Immanuel Kant: Key Concepts Edited by Patrick Hayden Edited by Will Dudley and Kristina Engelhard Alain Badiou: Key Concepts Edited by A. J. 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Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data G. W. F. Hegel : key concepts / edited by Michael Baur. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770-1831. I. Baur, Michael. B2948.G23 2014 193--dc23 2014027861 ISBN: 978-1-84465-794-0 (hbk) ISBN: 978-1-84465-795-7 (pbk) ISBN: 978-1-315-74429-2 (ebk) Typeset in Times New Roman by Taylor & Francis Books Contents List of contributors vii Abbreviations x Introduction 1 MICHAEL BAUR PART I Hegel’s thought 15 1 Epistemology 17 JEFFERY KINLAW 2 Metaphysics 31 NATHAN ROSS 3 Philosophy of mind 44 JOHN RUSSON 4 Ethical theory 59 BRIAN O’CONNOR 5 Political philosophy 76 THOM BROOKS 6 Philosophy of nature 91 ALISON STONE 7 Philosophy of art 103 ALLEN SPEIGHT vi Contents 8 Philosophy of religion 116 MARTIN DE NYS 9 Philosophy of history 128 LYDIA L. MOLAND 10 History of philosophy 140 JEFFREY REID PART II Hegel’s legacy 153 11 Hegel and Marx 155 ANDREW BUCHWALTER 12 Hegel and existentialism 169 DAVID CIAVATTA 13 Hegel and pragmatism 182 PAUL REDDING 14 Hegel and analytic philosophy 193 RUSSELL NEWSTADT AND ANDREW CUTROFELLO 15 Hegel and hermeneutics 208 MICHAEL BAUR 16 Hegel and French post-structuralism 222 BRENT ADKINS Chronology of Hegel’s life 234 Bibliography 237 Index 247 List of contributors Brent Adkins is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Department of Religion and Philosophy at Roanoke College in Virginia. His primary interests are nineteenth- and twentieth-century European philosophy, modern philosophy and politics. He has published books on Hegel, Heidegger, Deleuze and Spinoza. Michael Baur is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Fordham Uni- versity, and series editor of the “Cambridge Hegel Translations” series. His main areas of research include German idealism, the philosophy of law, American pragmatism and contemporary continental thought. Thom Brooks is Professor of Law and Government and Associate in Philosophy at Durham University in the United Kingdom. His books include Hegel’s Philosophy of Right (2012), Punishment (2012) and Hegel’s Political Philosophy: A Systematic Reading of the Philosophy of Right (2nd edn, 2013). Andrew Buchwalter is Presidential Professor at the University of North Florida. His books include Dialectics, Politics, and the Contemporary Value of Hegel’s Practical Philosophy (2011) and Hegel and Global Justice (2012). His current research focuses on democratic theory, human rights, international law and global justice. David Ciavatta is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Ryerson Uni- versity in Toronto. He is the author of Spirit, the Family, and the Unconscious in Hegel’s Philosophy (2009), and of several articles on Hegel and on twentieth-century phenomenology. Andrew Cutrofello is Professor of Philosophy at Loyola University Chicago. He is the author of several books, including All for Nothing: Hamlet’s Negativity (2014) and Continental Philosophy: A Contemporary Introduction (2005). viii List of contributors Martin De Nys is Professor of Philosophy at George Mason University. His research areas are nineteenth- and twentieth-century continental philosophy, philosophy of religion and political philosophy. He is the author of Considering Transcendence: Elements of a Philosophical Theology (2008) and Hegel and Theology (2009). Jeffery Kinlaw is Professor of Philosophy at McMurry University. He has co-edited two books and published widely on Fichte, Hegel, Schleiermacher, Schelling, Schlegel and Heidegger. His research focuses primarily on problems related to epistemology, free will, political philosophy, self-knowledge and the philosophy of religion. Lydia L. Moland is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. She is the author of Hegel on Political Identity: Patriotism, Nationality, Cosmopolitanism (2011) and of several articles on Hegel’s moral and political thought as well as on his philosophy of art. Russell Newstadt is a doctoral candidate in the Philosophy Department at Loyola University Chicago, where he is completing his disserta- tion on negation and conceptual structure entitled “Saying the Things That Are Not: The Platonic Ground of Hegel’s Conception of Negation”. Brian O’Connor is Associate Professor of Philosophy at University College Dublin. He is the author of Adorno’s Negative Dialectic (2004) and Adorno (2013), and editor (with Georg Mohr) of German Idealism: An Anthology and Guide (2007). Paul Redding is ARC Research Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sydney. He has been publishing books and articles on Hegel and German idealism for over two decades, including Analytic Philosophy and the Return of Hegelian Thought (2007). Jeffrey Reid is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Ottawa. Having earned both undergraduate and graduate degrees at l’Uni- versité de Paris IV-Sorbonne, Reid’s Hegelianism is informed by both French and Anglo-Saxon traditions. His principal Hegel research is on issues of systematicity, language, irony, romanticism and ethics. Nathan Ross is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Oklahoma City University. His first book, On Mechanism in Hegel’s Social and Political Philosophy (2008), explores the relation between Hegel’s logic and his grasp of capitalism and politics. He has also published List of contributors ix on issues of aesthetics, philosophical method and social critique in post-Kantian philosophy and critical theory. John Russon is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Guelph. He has written three books on Hegel: Infinite Phenomenology: The Lessons of Hegel’s Science of Experience (forthcoming), Reading Hegel’s Phenomenology (2004) and The Self and Its Body in Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit (1997). Allen Speight is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Department of Philosophy at Boston University. He is the author of Hegel, Literature, and the Problem of Agency (2001), The Philosophy of Hegel (2008) and of numerous articles on aesthetics and ethics in German idealism. Alison Stone is Professor of European Philosophy at Lancaster University in the United Kingdom. Her books are Petrified Intelligence: Nature in Hegel’s Philosophy (2004), Luce Irigaray and the Philosophy of Sexual Difference