An Introduction to Hegel's Logic

by Andy Blunden, Sarah Bacaller (Reading)

In 5 hours, Andy will take you through Hegel's Logic, the book on philosophy which has been most influential amongst radicals and revolutionaries and all those who stray from the well trodden path of conventional, bourgeois thinking.



The book begins with an explanation of social conditions in early 19th century Germany and then walks through the text of the Logic paragraph by paragraph. This reading stands out from all others in its clarity of explanation and in Andy's ability to make Hegel's Logic relevant to social and political problems of today.

Genres: Philosophy

1 pages, Audio CD

Published February 23, 2021

Reviews

[Colin · Rating 3 out of 5]

A decent intro piece, and helpful to read as an explanatory summary before diving in head first to Hegel's often cryptic prose. Made me realize how little I knew about Hegel beyond the bit about the dialectic that you always hear. Steeped in technical language and abstractions to the point that I'm probably going to do a second pass on the audiobook just to make sure I have a firmer grasp on the concepts within. I would recommend this as a good overview text to read if you're in the beginning stages of studying Hegel.

[M Pereira · Rating 2 out of 5]

Let's do the positives. It was interesting to locate Hegel within an academic, cultural and political context. To point him out as a social conservative and a radical without a specific movement to tie himself to (like say, Marx and the workers revolts and socialism). The book was informative in that respect.

In other respects. It was an attempt to explain Hegel. I'd say its a fair attempt. There's a problem I find about these kinds of philosophers. When they don't engage with the science of their day and expect to be taken seriously when they speak about logic and science. There is discussion about the science of logic and there's neither science nor logic in the contemporary sense of the term. There is no science of relevance to philosophers of science and no logic of relevance to contemporary logicians. Not even philosophical logicians. I try to be charitable to understanding Hegel. I wonder if we saw it as a proto form of phenomenology or proto marxism not quite being a social philosophy. Or perhaps it is. If it were seen as a social philosophy with the discussion of zeit (spirit) that might make some sense. I might attempt to read more explainer books on Hegel but it seems often that the more I read the less I understand. I'm finding it hard to not think Hegel's philosophical canon is some post-Kantian nonsensical word play salad or something.

[Sarahtar · Rating 3 out of 5]

Did not realize the author is a Marxist.