Recognition and the Self in Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit

Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit is famed for its account of the problem of recognition. Yet while readers agree about the importance of its influential accounts of the struggle to the death and the master/slave relation in developing that problem, there is no consensus regarding what sorts of relations among subjects would count as successful forms of recognition. Timothy Brownlee articulates the essential connections between Hegel's concepts of recognition and the self, and presents a novel interpretation of the Phenomenology that traces the emergence of actual relations of reciprocal recognition through the work as a whole. He focuses on the distinctive social constitution conception of the self that Hegel develops in his account of 'spirit, ' and demonstrates that the primary significance of recognition lies in its contribution to self-knowledge. His book will be valuable for scholars and students interested in Hegel, German Idealism, and philosophical conceptions of recognition.

Author: Timothy L. Brownlee
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 12/15/2022
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.09lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d
ISBN: 9781009098236

About the Author
Brownlee, Timothy L.: - Timothy L. Brownlee is Professor of Philosophy at Xavier University where he also directs the Philosophy, Politics, and the Public Honors Program. He is the author of numerous articles on Hegel's practical philosophy and aesthetics, German idealism, and social and political philosophy.

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