Martin Thibodeau

Hegel and Greek Tragedy (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

This study is concerned with the different interpretations of Greek tragedy proposed by G.W.F. Hegel. While Hegel's philosophical interest in tragedy as an art form is well known, the motivation for his preoccupation with this art form needs to be further explored. Indeed, why would Hegel, a pivotal figure of German idealism, be inclined to concern himself with a form of poetry that reached its peak in the 5th century B.C.? Precisely this question forms the core of this book. It articulates what the primary stakes are and thereby develop and defend the thesis that Hegel's examination of Greece and tragedy is one that has a direct bearing on the "fate" of politics in the modern world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780739177303
• Artikelnr.: 38229113

Autorenporträt

Martin Thibodeau teaches in the department of philosophy at St. Paul University (Ottawa, Canada). He specializes in 19th and 20th century German Philosophy form Kant to Adorno. His publications include La Théorie Esthétique d'Adorno: Une Introduction (Presses Universitaires de Rennes, France, 2008).

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: The Spirit of Christianity and Its Fate: Law, Love, and Tragic
Fate
1.1: The Spirit of Judaism and the great tragedy of the Jewish People
1.2: Christianity and the Failure of the Theology of Love
1.3: Tragedy and the Reconciliation of Fate
Chapter 2: The Essay on Natural Law: "Tragedy in Ethical Life" (Die
Tragodie Im Sittlichen)
2.1: The Naturrechtsaufsatz and the Critique of Practical Understanding:
The Empiricist and Formalist Theories of Natural Law
2.2: The Speculative Conception of Politics and the Tragic Process of
Absolute Ethical Life
Chapter 3: The Phenomenology of Spirit: The Science of the Experience of
Consciousness and Greek Tragedy
3.1: Introduction: The Project of the Phenomenology of Spirit and Tragedy
3.2: The Ethical World (die sittliche Welt): Tragedy, Antigone and the
Break-up of the Greek Polis
3.3: The "Religion of Art" (Die Kunstreligion): Tragic Poetry and the Fate
of the Gods
Chapter 4: The Lectures of Fine Art: The "Death of Art" and Greek Tragedy
4.1: The System of the Encyclopedia, Absolute Spirit and Art
4.2: Dramatic Poetry: Tragedy, Reconciliation and the Dissolution of
Beautiful Art
Conclusion