The Sunday of the Negative
(January 2003)
Reading Bataille Reading Hegel Christopher M. Gemerchak - Author
A comprehensive philosophical introduction to the thought of Georges Bataille.
Although often considered an esoteric figure occupying the dark fringes of twentieth-century thought, Georges Bataille was a pivotal precursor to a generation of poststructuralist and postmodern thinkers—including Baudrillard, Derrida, Foucault, Lacan, and Lyotard. The Sunday of the Negative provides the most extensive English-l...(Read More)
Top scholars address Hegel’s History of Philosophy.
This volume approaches the study of Hegel’s History of Philosophy from a variety of angles, while centering on Hegel’s Berlin “Lectures on the History of Philosophy” (1819–1831) which were given to students and later published. The lectures address most fundamentally what philosophy is—the philosophy of philosophy, so to speak. Th...(Read More)
The Unconscious Abyss
(August 2002)
Hegel's Anticipation of Psychoanalysis Jon Mills - Author
The first extended treatment of Hegel’s theory of the unconscious and his anticipation of Freud.
Offering the first comprehensive examination of Hegel’s theory of the unconscious abyss, Jon Mills rectifies a much neglected area of Hegel scholarship. Mills shows that the unconscious is the foundation for conscious and self-conscious life and is responsible for the normative and pathological forces that fu...(Read More)
Employs Derrida's critique of Hegel as the impetus for a new understanding of Hegel's concept of "spirit."
Contesting the widely-held assumption that Hegel shows a clear preference for the sign over the symbol, this book expounds the indispensable importance of the symbol for spirit's ultimate determination. Employing Derrida's critique of Hegel as the impetus for a new understanding of Hegel's concept of spirit, the bo...(Read More)
Being and Dialectic
(July 2000)
Metaphysics as a Cultural Presence William Desmond - Editor Joseph Grange - Editor
Diverse voices explore the possibility of doing metaphysics in light of contemporary critiques.
Philosophy without metaphysics is unthinkable, yet there has been much discussion of this--the end of metaphysics, or post-metaphysical thinking. This book takes issue with this proclamation of the end of metaphysics. It offers diverse arguments that metaphysics cannot be put behind us and has its own continuing contribution to the life of h...(Read More)
Leading scholars consider Hegel's philosophy of art and its contemporary significance.
Hegel's Lectures on Aesthetics present a systematic and historical overview of the nature and development of art in light of its meaning and philosophical significance. This book considers Hegel's aesthetics from a variety of perspectives. With a strong and clear introduction by William Maker, the individual essays address Hegel's treatment of...(Read More)
The Weight of Finitude
(August 1999)
On the Philosophical Question of God Ludwig Heyde - Author Alexander Harmsen - Translator William Desmond - Translator
Suggests that a full acceptance of the finitude of existence can lead to the affirmation of God.
Ludwig Heyde's award winning examination of the weight of finitude and its relation to God is translated here for the first time in English. Though philosophers may question if there still is room for God in philosophy after Nietzsche's pronouncement that "God is dead," Heyde suggests that a full acceptance of the finitude o...(Read More)
Presents a new translation with commentary of chapter IV ("Self-Consciousness") of Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit.
Offering a new translation of the famous chapter IV ("Self-Consciousness") of Phenomenology of Spirit, this book reflects the far-reaching insights of contemporary Hegelian scholarship. Included is extensive commentary as well as a review of its reception by such important twentieth-century t...(Read More)
Confirms that Hegel's philosophy of nature continues to have great significance for our understanding of the natural world.
Hegel and the Philosophy of Nature is an important new study of Hegel's profound philosophical account of the natural world. It examines Hegel's alleged idealism, his concepts of space and time, the conception of speculative geometry, his critical engagement with Kant's Metaphysical Found...(Read More)
Metaphysics to Metafictions
(August 1998)
Hegel, Nietzsche, and the End of Philosophy Paul S. Miklowitz - Author
Examines the key role played by Nietzsche in the undoing of the Hegelian system of totality.
Through close reading and interpretive reflections, Paul Miklowitz examines key dialectics in Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit in order to come to terms with the undoing of the Hegelian system of totality inaugurated by Nietzsche. In his interpretation of the Phenomenology, Miklowitz shows how Hegel skillfully manipu...(Read More)
