The Hegel Variations: On the Phenomenology of SpiritIn this major new study, philosopher and cultural theorist Fredric Jameson offers an innovative reading of a book that forms part of the bedrock of modern Western thought: Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit. Whereas other writers have interpreted the Phenomenology as a rigidly closed system, Jameson discovers it to be a more fluid, open-ended work. Hegel's mind is revealed to be a less systematic mechanism than normally thought, one whose ideas never solidify into pure abstractions. The conclusion of the Phenomenology, on the aftermath of the French Revolution, is examined as a provisional stalemate between the political and the social--a situation from which Jameson draws important lessons for our own age. |
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Absolute Spirit abstract affirmed Alain Badiou Alexandre Kojève alienation allgemeines already andere anthropomorphic Antigone become Bewußtsein certainly chapter characterized concept constitute contemporary contradiction critique culture dimension distinction emergence end of history essence essential ethical externalization G. W. F. Hegel Geist grasped Hegel's Hegelian historical human idealism ideology immanence individual inessential insofar Kant Kant's Kantian kind Kojève Kojève's language later law of non-contradiction Logic Master/Slave matter means metaphysical modern moments morality muß namely Napoleon narrative nature negative notion noumenon Paolo Virno Phenomenology Phenomenology of Spirit philosophical picture-thinking political positive post-revolutionary postmodern problem production pure reality recognition reified religion Revolution Sache seems sein Selbstbewußtsein self-consciousness sense Slave Slavoj Žižek social society specific structure struggle substance thematic theme theory thing thinking thought tion truth Unhappy Consciousness unity of opposites universal unmittelbar Vernunft Verstand Vorstellung Wesen Wirklichkeit Wissen words