In the Shadow of Hegel: Complementarity, History, and the Unconscious

by Arkady Plotnitsky

Book Overview

In the Shadow of Hegel develops a new understanding of history operating against, but in the shadow of, the Hegelian logic of history as the unfolding of the Absolutely Self-Conscious Spirit--Geist. In this context Plotnitsky examines Hegel's significance for Marx, Nietzsche, Freud, Bataille, and, especially, Derrida, and exposes both the proximities and distances of the Hegelian and poststructuralist understanding of history. The book offers a general...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813012031
• ISBN13: 9780813012032
• Release Date: May 1993
• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Length: 536 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"