Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit

Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit has a long-standing reputation as one of the key books in the history of Western philosophy, but many are unsure just what it is about. Even the words in the title are disputed: What sense of ?phenomenology? is being used? Is Geist to be rendered ?spirit? or ?mind?? What does this have to do with Hegel's original title, ?The Science of the Experience of Consciousness?? To add to the perplexity, Hegel developed his own technical vocabulary in writing the book, but the jargon he created never caught on and thus there is no common usage for it. As a consequence, both the beginner and the Hegel specialist must make key decisions about to understand many basic terms in the book.This Oxford Guide walks the reader through this canonical text paragraph-by-paragraph using accessible and approachable language, such that both students and instructors--whether they come from philosophy, political theory, literature, or history backgrounds--will benefit.

Prelude1st chapter: the ?Preface?2nd Chapter: the Introduction3rd Chapter: Sensuous Certainty, Perceiving, Force & the Understanding4th Chapter: Self-Consciousness and Self-Sufficiency: Mastery and Servitude5th Chapter: Freedom: Stoicism, Skepticism, Unhappy Consciousness6th Chapter: Reason: First Part7th Chapter: Reason, Second Part8th Chapter: Spirit9th Chapter: Self-Alienated spirit10th Chapter: Faith, The Enlightenment and the Truth of the Enlightenment11th Chapter: Absolute Freedom and Terror12th Chapter: Spirit Certain of Itself: Morality13th Chapter: Beautiful Souls14th Chapter: Religion15th Chapter: Revealed Religion16th Chapter: Absolute knowingAddendum 1: Further readingAddendum 2: Synopsis of the Chapters