A Hegel Dictionary
A Hegel Dictionary Books
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This book provides a comprehensive survey of Hegel’s philosophical plotting via a systematic exploration of over 100 key terms, from `absolute’ to `will’. By exploring both the etymological background of such terms and Hegel’s particular use of them, Michael Inwood clarifies for the modern reader much that has been regarded as trying and obscure in Hegel’s work.
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Michael Inwood’s “A Hegel Dictionary” is a fantastic resource. As an undergrad it helped helped me navigate the dense fog of Hegel’s philosophy and prose. Inwood sheds light on Hegel’s odd usage of seemingly standard terms, such as “negation,” which below Hegel’s pen bears a different meaning.
I was, but, disappointed to find that throughout parts of the text Inwood offers definitions of words without indicating correctly what Hegel means by the word in context. I suppose the implication is that Hegel uses the term consistently, but since Hegel’s usage is quite often so bastardized, I’m wary of such assumptions. What a struggling undergrad (or grad) student needs to know is what Hegel means, here, e.g., in “The Phenomenology”. Blackwell’s “A Kant Dictionary” is much more helpful in this regard: it unpacks the meaning of terms in light of the conext of use. But, you take what you can get. Last time I checked, Inwood’s “A Hegel Dictionary” is the only thing of its kind on the market. Thus, I urge it (at least until a better one comes out – perhaps a new edition?).
Rating: 4 / 5