پدیدارشناسی روح هگل: راهنمای خواننده

by Stephen Houlgate

پدیدارشناسی روح، شناخته‌شده‌ترین اثر هگل، از زمان انتشارش در ۱۸۰۷ تا به امروز پیوسته تأثیری ژرف بر متفکران مختلف گذاشته است؛ از فوئرباخ و مارکس گرفته تا هایدگر و آدورنو و دریدا. این اثر، در عین حال، یکی از دشوارفهم‌ترین متون تاریخ فلسفه است و همواره مطالعه و پیگیری روند آن برای خوانندگان مسئله‌ساز بوده. هدف هولگیت در این کتاب فراهم آوردن راهنمایی است برای خواندن پدیدارشناسی. او می‌کوشد گام به گام سیر استدلالی پدیدارشناسی را روشن سازد و نشان دهد چگونه هر مرحله از تکوین آگاهی در نهایت به بن‌بست می‌رسد و چگونه از بطن آن مرحله‌ای تازه سربرمی‌آورد؛ تکوینی که خود برآمده از منطق درونیِ تجربهٔ آگاهی است. کتاب پدیدارشناسی روح هگل؛ راهنمای خواننده شرحی است گام به گام و راهگشا که مطالعه و فهم اثر سترگ هگل را برای ما دسترس‌پذیرتر می‌سازد.

Genres: Philosophy, Nonfiction, Ebooks

298 pages, Paperback

First published November 8, 2012

About the author

Stephen Houlgate (PhD University of Cambridge) is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Warwick.

Houlgate's "interpretation of Hegel's logic and his philosophy more generally continues to be guided by his claim that speculative thought develops immanently and without systematic presuppositions." He "thus contest[s] Heidegger's assertion that Hegel thinks ‘in accordance with a predetermined idea of being’ (an assertion endorsed by Derrida and Deleuze, amongst others)."

Reviews

[Vapula · Rating 3 out of 5]

Could definitely be more thorough towards the end, but all around Houlgate still explains things with great clarity and self-awareness. Additionally, as he does with his other books on Hegel, he helpfully points out and faithfully explains what he sees to be misreadings on particular concepts. One further thing I'm not so sure about is how heavily Houlgate looks to separate phenomenology from philosophy, i.e. the PoS from the Science of Logic.

[Jana Light · Rating 5 out of 5]

Essential "companion" reading to Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit. Clear summaries, good (though brief) overview of some critical disagreements, and a solid list of secondary sources. A must for reading with Kojev and Hyppolite, as well, for its easy summary and following of the original text. I am so grateful to have found this book early in my PhOS reading.

[Nick121235]

I didn't actually finish this. Houlgate's conception of Phenomenology is, I think, completely wrong. The guy is a lot smarter than me but his interpretation is essentially that Hegel is rational thinker (as in enlightenment rationality) and he wasn't, he was a German idealist. The reading of Hegel is just wrong and I can't get through it.

[Peter Owens · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent. Clear, concise, and really elucidated what is a tremendously dense, difficult to understand text.

[Georgi Boychev · Rating 4 out of 5]

A concise breakdown of all the themes and main lines of reasoning in the different sections of the Phenomenology, with a very useful bibliography provided. Houlgate is a close reader of Hegel who treats the Phenomenology based on what the text itself states its purpose is - to lead unphilosophical (pre-Hegelian) consciousness to the standpoint of philosophy (as Hegel and Houlgate understand it) from which point on the project of the second major work of Hegel, the Science of Logic, can be launched. For my money, this little commentary is one of the best out there, and was especially useful in going through the often way too rapid and too convoluted world-historical movements made in the Spirit and Religion chapters of the book.

[Thomas · Rating 4 out of 5]

Een goed begin is het halve werk. Meer dan een goede inleiding, wat zeker zal helpen met de zware arbeid dat het lezen van de fenomenologie ongetwijfeld zal zijn. Soms wat kortaf, maar het is ook een lees gids en geen commentaar.

[Seyed · Rating 2 out of 5]

A reader's guide that fails to navigate the difficult language of Hegel but instead adopts it in a manner that merely adds the complexity of Houlgate's interpretation to the PoS.

[arbuz · Rating 2 out of 5]

Well, it is sometimes just not clear enough.

[Abhiraj · Rating 5 out of 5]

A clear and helpful chapter wise introduction to the Phenomenology. Really helped me understand the tortuous writing of Hegel. Highly recommended.

[Asher · Rating 5 out of 5]

First half was indispensable

[Hunter · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very helpful in the early stages (through Self-Consciousness), less useful later on as it becomes more summary and brisk.

[Alex · Rating 2 out of 5]

The Original text and the analysis by J.N. Findlay was more helpful.