Synopses & Reviews
"This fairly small book must take its place as the best introductory study of Hegel's Phenomenology available." --Philosophy and Phenomenological Research
"Westphal's book is a comprehensive guide to the argument of the entire phenomenology.... will repay close study by serious undergraduate and graduate students of philosophy." --Choice
This detailed interpretation of Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit seeks to show that the unity of this classic work may be found in the integration of its transcendental and sociological-historical themes.
About the Author
Merold Westphal is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University. He is author of God, Guilt, and Death: An Existential Phenomenology of Religion and Suspicion and Faith: The Religious Uses of Modern Atheism and is coeditor (with Martin J. Matusik [hacheck over s, acute accent over i] of Kierkegaard in Post/Modernity.
Table of Contents
Preface to the Third Edition
Introduction
Guide to Footnotes
1. The Task of the Phenomenology: A) The Introduction
2. The Task of the Phenomenology: B) The Preface
3. The Knowledge of Nature: A)Sense Perception
4. The Knowledge of Nature: B) Natural Science
5. The Concept of Spirit
6. The Career of Spirit
7. Religion
8. Absolute Knowledge
Index