Hegel's Phenomenology of spirit : a reader's guide / Stephen Houlgate.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Houlgate, Stephen.

Series:

Bloomsbury reader's guides

Reader's guides

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich.

Spirit.

Consciousness.

Truth.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (451 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Continuum, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit is probably his most famous work. First published in 1807, it has exercised considerable influence on subsequent thinkers from Feuerbach and Marx to Heidegger, Kojève, Adorno and Derrida. The book contains many memorable analyses of, for example, the master / slave dialectic, the unhappy consciousness, Sophocles' Antigone and the French Revolution and is one of the most important works in the Western philosophical tradition. It is, however, a difficult and challenging book and needs to be studied together with a clear and accessible secondary text. Stephen Hou

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; About the Committee for Development Policy; About the editors; About the other contributors; Preface; Overview José Antonio Alonso, Giovanni Andrea Cornia and Rob Vos; Chapter 1 Globalization at a crossroads: key challenges for the twenty-first century Rob Vos; Chapter 2 Should global goal setting continue, and how, in the post-2015 era? Sakiko Fukuda-Parr; Chapter 3 Do we need new development models? The impact of neo-liberal policies Frances Stewart

Chapter 4 Learning from the past: Which of the past/current development strategies are best suited to deal with the "quadruple crisis"? Giovanni Andrea Cornia and Milica UvalicChapter 5 Towards climate-compatible and resilient development By J.B. (Hans) Opschoor; Chapter 6 Aiming for food and nutrition security in a changed global context: strategy to end hunger Joachim von Braun; Chapter 7 Demographic dynamics and the international development strategy beyond 2015 Ana Luiza Cortez

Chapter 8 Common elements for inclusive and sustainable development strategies beyond 2015 Giovanni Andrea Cornia and Rob VosChapter 9 Building a stable and equitable global monetary system Bilge Erten and José Antonio Ocampo; Chapter 10 From aid to global development policy José Antonio Alonso; Chapter 11 International migration in the development agenda José Antonio Alonso; Chapter 12 The enabling international environment Norman Girvan and Ana Luiza Cortez; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-70625-3

1-4411-8085-0