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Book SynopsisThis book is one of the most important recent books on Hegel, a philosopher who has had a crucial impact on the shape of continental philosophy. Published here in English for the first time, it includes a substantial preface by Jacques Derrida in which he explores the themes and conclusions of Malabou's book.
The Future of Hegel: Plasticity, Temporality and Dialectic restores Hegel's rich and complex concepts of time and temporality to contemporary philosophy. It examines his concept of time, relating it to perennial topics in philosophy such as substance, accident and the identity of the subject. Catherine Malabou's also contrasts her account of Hegelian temporality with the interpretation given by Heidegger in Being and Time, arguing that it is the concept of 'plasticity' that best describes Hegel's theory of temporality. The future is understood not simply as a moment in time, but as something malleable and constantly open to change through our interpretation.
The book also develops Hegel's preoccupation with the history of Greek thought and Christianity and explores the role of theology in his thought.
Essential reading for those interested in Hegel and contemporary continental philosophy, The Future of Hegel is also fascinating to those interested in the ideas of Heidegger and Derrida.
Table of ContentsIntroduction PART I Hegel on Man: fashioning a second nature 1 Introduction to the Anthropology 2 On noetic plasticity: Hegel’s reading of De Anima 3 Habit and organic life 4 ‘The proper of man’ in question: human specificity and plastic individuality PART II Hegel on God: the turn of double nature 5 Presentation of Revealed Religion 6 God without transcendence? The theologians contra Hegel 7 The death of God and the death of philosophy: alienation and its double fate 8 Divine plasticity: or, the turn of events PART III Hegel on the philosopher or, two forms of the fall 9 Presentation of Philosophy 10 The dialectical simplification 11 ‘On the Self’ 12 The philosopher, the reader and the speculative proposition
