Philosophy and religion in Hegel / Paolo Livieri

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Livieri, Paolo, author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in the history of philosophy and theology in the West

Cambridge elements. Elements in the history of philosophy and theology in the West, 3033-3954

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770-1831.

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich.

Philosophy and religion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2026

Summary:

"This Element analyzes the development of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel's conception of religion through key textual evidence: fragments, lectures, and published works. The structure is largely chronological to allow readers to observe the evolution of Hegel's understanding from his early theological preoccupations to the systematic formulations of his mature period. One organizational exception-treating the 1830 Encyclopaedia (Section 5) before the Berlin lectures of the preceding decade (Section 6) – serves the clarifying purpose of better situating the lectures within the conceptual framework that guided them. Substantively, this Element challenges the common label 'philosophy of religion.' For Hegel, religion was not a discrete academic subfield to which philosophical conclusions were subsequently applied. Rather, alongside art and philosophy, it occupies the apex of his system, functioning as a mode of cognition in its own right and providing resources for understanding how human thought conceptualizes the relation between the finite and the Element absolute"-- Cambridge Core

Contents:

Early writings (1785-1800)

Jena (1801-1806)

Phenomenology (1807)

Encyclopaedia of philosophical sciences

The Berlin lectures

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core, viewed June 30, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version: Livieri, Paolo Philosophy and religion in Hegel

ISBN:

9781009622080

1009622080

OCLC:

1592623892

Publisher Number:

CIPO000397827

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license