The Problem of Nature in Hegel’s Final System (New Perspectives in Ontology) - Softcover

Furlotte, Wes

 
9781474435543: The Problem of Nature in Hegel’s Final System (New Perspectives in Ontology)
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ISBN 10: 1474435548 ISBN 13: 9781474435543
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, 2020

Synopsis

Wes Furlotte critically evaluates Hegel’s philosophy of human freedom in terms of his often-disregarded conception of nature. In doing so, he gives us a new portrait of Hegel’s final system that is surprisingly relevant for our contemporary world, connecting it with recent work in speculative realism and new materialism.
Furlotte offers a sophisticated sense of the fundamental materialism permeating Hegel’s concept of freedom and how the former serves as the inescapable precondition of subjectivity and social history. He also reveals how material nature and culture’s reactions to it problematize human freedom – even threaten it with utter annihilation. This book forces us to reconsider accepted accounts of Hegel’s system and to re-evaluate what Hegel, and German Idealism, might still offer us today.

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About the Author

Wes Furlotte is Professor of Philosophy at Dominican University College and part-time Professor of Philosophy at the University of Ottawa. Specialising in German idealism and 19th- and 20th-century European thought, he has published on problems in ontology, epistemology and socio-political philosophy.

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‘With clarity and rigor, Wes Furlotte provides a fundamental and sweeping reassessment of Hegel’s intellectual itinerary as well as his mature philosophical project. He convincingly recasts Hegelian Naturphilosophie as absolutely central to Hegel’s larger framework. What is more, Furlotte’s depiction of the situation of human mindedness and culture within the broader expanse of natural reality renders the Hegelian Philosophy of Nature strikingly timely - a live theoretical option for the early twenty-first century. This book makes crucial contributions to the ongoing reassessment of Hegel’s enduring significance.’Adrian Johnston, University of New MexicoHegel’s system reconsidered from the perspective of contemporary philosophyWes Furlotte critically evaluates Hegel’s philosophy of human freedom in terms of his often disregarded conception of nature. In doing so he gives us a new portrait of Hegel’s final system - one that is surprisingly relevant for our contemporary world – making connections with recent work in speculative realism and new materialism.Furlotte offers a sophisticated sense of the fundamental materialism permeating Hegel’s concept of freedom and how the former serves as the inescapable precondition of subjectivity and social history. He also reveals the ways in which material nature and culture’s reactions to it problematise human freedom - even threaten it with utter annihilation.This book forces us to reconsider accepted accounts of Hegel’s system and to re-evaluate what his thought, and German Idealism, might still offer us today.Wes Furlotte teaches at the Dominican University College and the University of Ottawa.Cover image: Untitled, 2017 © Anna Binta Diallo annabintadiallo.com / rtzndesign.comCover design:[EUP logo]edinburghuniversitypress.comISBN 978-1-4744-3553-6Barcode

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With clarity and rigor, Wes Furlotte provides a fundamental and sweeping reassessment of Hegel s intellectual itinerary as well as his mature philosophical project. He convincingly recasts Hegelian Naturphilosophie as absolutely central to Hegel s larger framework. What is more, Furlotte s depiction of the situation of human mindedness and culture within the broader expanse of natural reality renders the Hegelian Philosophy of Nature strikingly timely - a live theoretical option for the early twenty-first century. This book makes crucial contributions to the ongoing reassessment of Hegel s enduring significance. Adrian Johnston, University of New MexicoHegel s system reconsidered from the perspective of contemporary philosophyWes Furlotte critically evaluates Hegel s philosophy of human freedom in terms of his often disregarded conception of nature. In doing so he gives us a new portrait of Hegel s final system - one that is surprisingly relevant for our contemporary world making connections with recent work in speculative realism and new materialism.Furlotte offers a sophisticated sense of the fundamental materialism permeating Hegel s concept of freedom and how the former serves as the inescapable precondition of subjectivity and social history. He also reveals the ways in which material nature and culture s reactions to it problematise human freedom - even threaten it with utter annihilation.This book forces us to reconsider accepted accounts of Hegel s system and to re-evaluate what his thought, and German Idealism, might still offer us today.Wes Furlotte teaches at the Dominican University College and the University of Ottawa.Cover image: Untitled, 2017 © Anna Binta Diallo annabintadiallo.com / rtzndesign.comCover design:[EUP logo]edinburghuniversitypress.comISBN 978-1-4744-3553-6Barcode

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Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Publication date
2020
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1474435548
ISBN 13 
9781474435543
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
280

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