Essays on Hegel's Philosophy of Subjective Spirit

Edited by David S. Stern

Subjects: Hegel, Philosophy, Philosophy Of Psychology, Philosophy Of Mind, Philosophy Of Language
Paperback : 9781438444444, 266 pages, January 2014
Hardcover : 9781438444451, 266 pages, January 2013

Alternative formats available from:

Read Excerpt View Table of Contents

Request Desk or Examination Copy
Request a Media Review Copy

Table of contents

References and Abbreviations
Editor’s Introduction
David S. Stern
Anthropology, Geist, and the Soul-Body Relation: The Systematic Beginning of Hegel’s Philosophy of Spirit
Angelica Nuzzo
Hegel’s Naturalism or Soul and Body in the Encyclopedia
Italo Testa
How the Dreaming Soul Became the Feeling Soul, between the 1827 and 1830 Editions of Hegel’s Philosophy of Subjective Spirit: Empirical Psychology and the Late Enlightenment
Jeffery Reid
The Dark Side of Subjective Spirit: Hegel on Mesmerism, Madness, and Ganglia
Glenn Alexander Magee
Hegel on the Emotions: Coordinating Form and Content
Jason J. Howard
Awakening to Madness and Habituation to Death in Hegel’s “Anthropology”
Nicholas Mowad
Awakening from Madness: The Relationship between Spirit and Nature in Light of Hegel’s Account of Madness
Mario Wenning

Between Nature and Spirit: Hegel’s Account of Habit
Simon Lumsden
The “Struggle for Recognition” and the Thematization of Intersubjectivity
Marina F. Bykova
Freedom as Correlation: Recognition and Self-Actualization in Hegel’s Philosophy of Spirit
Robert R. Williams
Hegel’s Linguistic Thought in the Philosophy of Subjective Spirit: Between Kant and the “Metacritics”
Jere O’Neill Surber
The Psychology of Will and the Deduction of Right: Rethinking Hegel’s Theory of Practical Intelligence
Richard Dien Winfield
The Relation of Mind to Nature: Two Paradigms
Philip T. Grier
Contributors
Index

The first English-language collection devoted to Hegel’s Philosophy of Subjective Spirit.

Description

Although Hegel considered his philosophy of subjective spirit to be of particular importance, it has been the focus of little present-day scholarship, particularly in English. Recent editorial work associated with the publication of a new edition of Hegel's Gesammelte Werke and the discovery and translation of a transcript of one of his lecture courses on the topic, however, have set the stage for a fresh encounter with this fascinating and wide-ranging component of his thought. Taking up questions central to the philosophy of mind and body and to the philosophy of psychology, the Philosophy of Subjective Spirit includes discussions of feelings and emotions, consciousness, habit and free will, and rationality—as well as madness, dreams, and the paranormal. Situating Hegel's philosophy on the topic in relation to the rest of his work, to his contemporaries, and to current philosophy of mind and psychology, this volume demonstrates its richness as a focus of study and paves the way for a new direction in Hegel scholarship.

David S. Stern is Professor of Philosophy at Hamline University.

Reviews

"…because this collection repeatedly problematizes spirit's autogenetic project in terms of nature from a myriad of perspectives, it has opened up a new horizon of inquiry for Hegel scholarship, particularly in English … [it] works to open an entire series of provoking questions that will certainly take Hegel studies in exciting and unexpected directions in the coming years. " — Symposium

"…cursory remarks cannot do justice to the high level of scholarship and intellectual intricacy in these essays. This anthology shows how Hegel's neglected philosophy of subjective spirit is extremely important not only for Hegel scholars but also to philosophers interested in exploring different philosophical approaches to what have come to be regarded as the standard philosophical problems. " — Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews