Hegel, literature, and the problem of agency / Allen Speight.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Speight, Allen, author.

Series:

Modern European philosophy.

Modern European philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770-1831. Phänomenologie des Geistes.

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich.

Literature--Philosophy.

Literature.

Agent (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 154 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Hegel, Literature, & the Problem of Agency

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 HEGEL'S NOVELŽ: THE PHENOMENOLOGY OF SPIRIT AND THE PROBLEM OF PHILOSOPHICAL NARRATIVE; 2 TRAGEDY AND RETROSPECTIVITY: HEGEL'S ANTIGONE; 3 COMEDY AND THEATRICALITY: DESIRE, BILDUNG, AND THE SOCIALITY OF AGENTS' SELF-KNOWLEDGE; 4 FORGIVENESS AND THE ROMANTIC NOVEL: CONTESTING THE BEAUTIFUL SOUL; 5 FROM THE PHENOMENOLOGY TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF RIGHT: HEGEL'S CONCEPT OF THE WILL AND THE POSSIBILITY OF MODERN ETHICAL LIFE; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-147) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-12171-X

0-511-15440-2

0-511-04691-X

0-511-17446-2

0-521-79634-2

1-280-43009-5

0-511-61283-4

0-511-30232-0

OCLC:

475917768