Hegel: Three Studies (Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought)

By Theodor W. Adorno

Book Overview

This short work in 20th century philosophy provides both a reinterpretation of Hegel and insight into the evolution of Adorno's critical theory. The first study focuses on the relationship of reason, the individual and society in Hegel, defending him against the criticism that he was merely an apologist for bourgeois society. The second study examines the experiential content of Hegel's idealism, considering the notion of experience in relation to immediacy, empirical reality, science, and society. The third study, Skoteinos, is an unusual and fascinating essay in which Adorno lays out his thoughts on understanding Hegel. In his reflections, which spring from his experience teaching at the Goethe University in Frankfurt, questions of textual and philosophical interpretation are interwined.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 026201131X
• ISBN13: 9780262011310
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Mit Pr
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.8" x 5.8"