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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      18 November 2009
      05 February 2001
      ISBN:
      9780511612831
      9780521791847
      9780521796347
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511612831
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.35kg, 168 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.26kg, 168 Pages
      • Subjects:
      History of Philosophy, Literature, Nineteenth-Century Philosophy, Literary Theory, Philosophy
      Series:
      Modern European Philosophy
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    Subjects:
    History of Philosophy, Literature, Nineteenth-Century Philosophy, Literary Theory, Philosophy
    Series:
    Modern European Philosophy
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    Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit has attracted much attention recently from philosophers, but none of the existing English-language books on the text addresses one of the most difficult questions the book raises: Why does the Phenomenology make such rich and provocative use of literary works and genres? Allen Speight's bold contribution to the debate on the work of Hegel argues that behind Hegel's extraordinary appeal to literature in the Phenomenology lies a philosophical project concerned with understanding human agency in the modern world. It shows that Hegel looked to three literary genres - tragedy, comedy, and the Romantic novel - as offering privileged access to three moments of human agency: retrospectivity, theatricality, and forgiveness. Taking full account of the authors whom Hegel himself refers to (Sophocles, Diderot, Schlegel, Jacobi), Allen Speight has written a book with a broad appeal to both philosophers and literary theorists.

    Reviews

    '… the book has many virtues and will certainly help readers at various levels attain a better understanding of the Phenomenology.'

    Source: Bulletin of the Hegel Society of Great Britain

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