Hegel: An Intellectual Biography - Hardcover

Althaus, Horst

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0745617816 ISBN 13: 9780745617817

Publisher: Polity, 2000

Synopsis

Hegel aeo The first book--length biography of Hegel since the nineteenth--century. aeo Introduces the reader to the development of Hegela s philosophy, placing it in the context of political events of the time. aeo Written in a lively style, vividly bringing to life Hegela s relationship to contemporary philosophers and his revolutionary times.

About this title

Product Description:

This accessible and highly readable book is the first full-length biography of Hegel to be published since the largely outdated treatments of the nineteenth century. Althaus draws on new historical material and scholarly sources about the life and times of this most enigmatic and influential of modern philosophers.

Review:

"Brevity turns out to be one of Althaus's merits. He is particularly good at providing the necessary historical and sociological details so that the reader can appreciate the full significance of events in Hegel's life as well as his thought.this study provides a great deal of insight into what life was like for many thinkers and artists during this intellectually fruitful time in Germany's history. Althaus's biography is eminently readable and thus useful not only for researchers but also for graduate students, faculty and general readers."
--S. Barnett, Central Connecticut State University, (Choice Magazine)

"[Althaus] contextualizes Hegel's intellectual journey.... A major theme in Althaus is the disintegration of Hegel's following, into left and right, through the ambiguity of his dialectic, exemplified in his philosophy of religion." (History of Political Thought)

"Althaus offers a wide-ranging 'intellectual biography' which skilfully interweaves scenes, events and personalities from Hegel's life with studies of the formation, development, and significance of each of Hegel's particular philosophical concerns ... If one seeks further to understand Hegel and his thought, then I recommend turning to Althaus." (Heythrop Journal)

"This book is, in a word, the most comprehensive biography of Hegel published in the twentieth century." (Diálogo Filosófico)

About this edition

• Publisher: Polity
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0745617816
• ISBN 13: 9780745617817
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304