Hegel and the Art of Negation: Negativity, Creativity and Contemporary Thought

by Andrew Hass

Book Overview

Why is the philosopher Hegel returning as a potent force in contemporary thinking? Why, after a long period when Hegel and his dialectics of history have seemed less compelling than they were for previous generations of philosophers, is study of Hegel again becoming important? Fashionable contemporary theorists like Francis Fukuyama and Slavoj Zizek, as well as radical theologians like Thomas Altizer, have all recently been influenced by Hegel,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780765576
• ISBN13: 9781780765570
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"