In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:

 Acknowledgments Iwould like to thank the following for reading and commenting on earlier portions of this book: Robert Audi, Calvin Stewart, James Felt, Tom Powers, S. Robert Smith, and especially Don Beggs. I would also like to acknowledge my debt to the late Stanley Moore, in whose seminars during the 1970s I first learned Hegel. Parts of the introduction and chapter 1 first appeared as “The Structure and Method of Hegel’s Phenomenology” in Clio 27 (1998): 593–614. Parts of chapter 2 first appeared as “Self-Consciousness, the Other, and Hegel’s Dialectic of Recognition: Alternative to a Postmodern Subterfuge” in Philosophy & Social Criticism (SAGE Publications) 24 (1998): 105–126. Parts of chapter 3 first appeared as “Hegel, Reason, and Idealism” in Idealistic Studies 27 (1997): 97–112. Other parts of chapter 3 first appeared as “Hegel’s Critique of Kantian Practical Reason” in Canadian Journal of Philosophy 28 (1998): 367–412. Parts of the introduction, chapter 3, and chapter 4 first appeared as “Hegel’s Political Theory and Philosophy of History” in Clio 17 (1988): 345–68. Parts of chapter 4 first appeared as “Hegel, Antigone, and Women” in Owl of Minerva 33 (2002): 157–177.  ix  ...

Share