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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA concern with Greek tragedy saturates Hegel's thought from its youthful inception to its grand culminations. Quietly, yet relentlessly the themes, structures, and movements of this art form informs and shapes the heart of the Hegelian system. Martin Thibodeau's book ably traces the significance of tragedy for any understanding of Hegel. -- Dennis J. Schmidt, Pennsylvania State University
Table of ContentsChapter 1: The Spirit of Christianity and Its Fate: Law, Love, and Tragic Fate 1.1: The Spirit of Judaism and the great tragedy of the Jewish People 1.2: Christianity and the Failure of the Theology of Love 1.3: Tragedy and the Reconciliation of Fate Chapter 2: The Essay on Natural Law: “Tragedy in Ethical Life” (Die Tragodie Im Sittlichen) 2.1: The Naturrechtsaufsatz and the Critique of Practical Understanding: The Empiricist and Formalist Theories of Natural Law 2.2: The Speculative Conception of Politics and the Tragic Process of Absolute Ethical Life Chapter 3: The Phenomenology of Spirit: The Science of the Experience of Consciousness and Greek Tragedy 3.1: Introduction: The Project of the Phenomenology of Spirit and Tragedy 3.2: The Ethical World (die sittliche Welt): Tragedy, Antigone and the Break-up of the Greek Polis 3.3: The “Religion of Art” (Die Kunstreligion): Tragic Poetry and the Fate of the Gods Chapter 4: The Lectures of Fine Art: The “Death of Art” and Greek Tragedy 4.1: The System of the Encyclopedia, Absolute Spirit and Art 4.2: Dramatic Poetry: Tragedy, Reconciliation and the Dissolution of Beautiful Art Conclusion
