Hegel's Ontology and the Theory of Historicity

by Herbert Marcuse

Book Overview

This was Herbert Marcuse's first book on Hegel, written in the early 1930s when he was under the strong influence of Martin Heidegger. It provides a still unequaled Heideggerian reading of Hegel's thought that seeks the defining characteristics of "historicity" - what it means to say that a historical event happens. These ideas were foundational for Marcuse; they express a tradition known as "phenomenological Marxism," subsequently represented by...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262132214
• ISBN13: 9780262132213
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.