Hegel: A BiographyOne of the founders of modern philosophical thought Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831) has gained the reputation of being one of the most abstruse and impenetrable of thinkers. This first major biography of Hegel in English offers not only a complete, up-to-date account of the life, but also an overview of the key philosophical concepts in Hegel's work in an accessible style. Terry Pinkard situates Hegel firmly in the historical context of his times. The story of that life is of an ambitious, powerful thinker living in a period of great tumult dominated by the figure of Napolean. Pinkard explores Hegel's interactions with some of the great minds of this period: Hölderlin, Goethe, Humboldt, Schelling, Novalis, the Schlegels, Mendelssohn, and others. Throughout, he avoids Hegal's own famously technical jargon in order to display the full sweep and power of Hegel's thought. Terry Pinkard is professor of Philosophy at Northwestern University and is author/editor of five previous books, the most recent being ^UHegel's Phenomenology (Cambridge, 1996). He is honorary Professor of the Philosophy Faculty of TÜbingen University, Germany and serves on the advisory board for the Zeitschrift fÜr Philosophique Forschung. |
Contents
Hegels Formation in Old Wurttemberg | 1 |
The Protestant Seminary in Tubingen | 19 |
From Berne to Frankfurt to Jena Failed Projects and Fresh Starts | 45 |
Texts and Drafts Hegels Path to the Phenomenology from Frankfurt to Jena | 118 |
Te Phenomenology of Spirit Hegel Finds His Voice | 203 |
Life in Transition From Jena to Bamberg | 221 |
Nuremberg Respectability | 266 |
From the Phenomenology to the System Hegels Logic | 332 |
Consolidation Berlin Brussels Vienna 18211824 | 495 |
Assertion Berlin Paris 18241827 | 524 |
Thinking through Modern Life Nature Religion Art and the Absolute | 562 |
Home 18271831 | 605 |
Notes | 667 |
Chronology of Hegels Life | 745 |
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