Hegel, Logic and Speculation: (Bloomsbury Studies in Continental Philosophy)

This book offers new critical perspectives on the relationship between the notions of speculation, logic and reality in Hegel’s thought as basis for his philosophical account of nature, history, spirit and human experience. The systematic functions of logic and pure thought are explored in their concrete forms and processual progression from subjective spirit to philosophy of right, society, the notion of habit, the idea of work, art, religion and science. Engaging the relation between the Logic and its realisations, this book shows the internal tension that inhabits Hegel’s philosophy at the intersection of logical (conceptual) speculation and concrete (interpretative) analysis. The investigation of this tension allows for a hermeneutical approach that demystifies the common view of Hegel’s idealism as a form of abstract thought, while allowing for a new assessment of the importance of speculation for a concrete understanding of the world.

Table of Contents:
Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction: Speculation and Hermeneutics of Effectual Reality Maurizio Pagano, University of Eastern Piedmont, Vercelli, Italy and Hager Weslati, Kingston University, London, UK 1 Empowering Forms: Hegel’s Conception of ‘Form’ and ‘Formal’ Elena Ficara, University of Paderborn, Germany 2 Essence as Reflection Riccardo Dottori, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy 3 Effectual Contingency: The Ontological Problem of Modality in Hegel's Science of Logic Alessandro De Cesaris, University of Naples “Federico II”, Italy 4 Self-Consciousness and the Idea: from Logic to Subjective Spirit Guido Frilli, University of Florence, Italy 5 The Concept of Habit and the Function of Immediacy in Hegel's Logic Sean McStravick, Panthéon-Sorbonne University, Paris, France 6. Singularity of the Concept – Singularity of the Will: the Logical Ground of Hegel's Philosophy of Right Antonios Kalatzis, Centre Marc Bloch / Humboldt-University of Berlin, Germany 7. Subverting Practical Philosophy: Hegel’s Science of Spirit Myriam Bienenstock, Université François Rabelais, Tours-Paris, France 8. Work and Need, Particular and Universal Campbell Jones, University of Auckland, New Zealand 9. Hegel’s Conception of Personality and the Tension between Logic and Realphilosophy Lauri Kallio, University of Helsinki, Finland 10 Mind of God, Point of View of Man, or Something Not Quite Either? Paul Redding, The University of Sydney, Australia 11 Logic and Theology in Hegel Roberto Morani, University of Eastern Piedmont, Vercelli, Italy 12 The Concept of Religion and its Hermeneutic Function Maurizio Pagano, University of Eastern Piedmont, Vercelli, Italy 13 A Speculative Logic for Images in Hegel’s Philosophy Haris Ch. Papoulias, University of Eastern Piedmont, Vercelli, Italy 14 The Silence of Logik: Hegel after Kojève Hager Weslati, Kingston University, London, UK Index