“Beyond Philosophy reads like a finely crafted fugue. Inventive, lyrical, passionate, and wise, this double-voiced work models an art of thinking that dissolves the borders between philosophy and the enfleshed world. An utterly compelling book.” –LYNNE HUFFER, author of Foucault’s Strange Eros “The Platonic Socrates presented in this extraordinary new work is not only, as the tradition has handed him down to us, poor, wandering, powerless, knowing only that he does not know, but also radically open, receptive, in withdrawal, less a thinker or questioner than a space for thinking and questioning that opens up the entire history of philosophy. By focusing on that space in the Platonic dialogues, Shane Ewegen has given us nothing less than a radically new Socrates.” –MICHAEL NAAS, author of Plato and the Invention of Life iupress.org New From Indiana University Press Available Wherever Books are Sold ISSUE 140 OCTOBER / NOVEMBER 2020 Philosophy Now a m a g a z i n e o f i d e a s HEGEL AND HISTORY Slavoj Žižek on Hegel & the Future This cutting-edge masters degree teaches a unique combination of analytical, technical & ethical skills with an opportunity to acquire relevant coding knowledge increasingly sought by employers. MA Philosophy & Artificial Intelligence Apply now for 2020: nchlondon.ac.uk Think better. Think NCH. Poised at the intersection of the humanities and technology October/November 2020 � Philosophy Now 3 Philosophy Now ISSUE 140 Oct/Nov 20 Hegel and the history of everything See pages 6-25 EDITORIAL & NEWS 4 The Biggest Picture by Grant Bartley 5 News by Anja Steinbauer 36 Obituary: Bernard Stiegler Matt Bluemink remembers a bank robber turned philosopher HEGEL & HISTORY 6 G.W.F. Hegel: An Introduction Matt Qvortrup on the man who wanted to know it all 9 Hegel’s Understanding of History Jack Fox-Williams breaks down human history for Hegel 14 Hegel, ‘The Father of Art History’? Michael Squire on how for Hegel art encapsulates wider realities 19 Kant, Conflict & Universal History Terrence Thomson introduces Kant’s theory of history 20 Hegel On The Future, Hegel In The Future Slavoj Žižek discovers how the future can change the past GENERAL ARTICLES 26 Taking our Vulnerability to Heart Lindsay Kelland asks what we could, or should, have learned 28 Memory & Time Marla Morris reflects on both through remembering a mentor 31 Drugs & Harm Frederik Kaufman questions how the state rolls 34 ‘Comico, Ergo Sum’ Nathaniel Goldberg & Chris Gavaler say: thinkers, read comics! REVIEWS 42 Book: Doing Valuable Time by Cheshire Calhoun reviewed valuably by James Wakefield 44 Book: Enduring Time by Lisa Baraitser reviewed patiently by Amber Edwards 45 Book: The Meaning of Travel by Emily Thomas reviewed intrepidly by Stephen Leach 46 TV: Succession Jack Murphy looks at the (im)morality of family feuding REGULARS 30 Philosophical Haiku: Karl Marx by Terence Green 38 Letters to the Editor 41 Philosophy Then: Come Together Peter Adamson disagrees with Hegel on ultimate agreement 48 Street Philosopher: Bear-Faced in Bombay Seán Moran philosophically ponders plumpness 50 Tallis in Wonderland: The Mystery of Freedom Raymond Tallis writes of his own free will 54 Brief Lives: Mary Midgley Nat Dyer reveals a cool cat with a fierce philosophical streak FUN, POETRY & FICTION 13 Simon & Finn Melissa Felder 25 Hegel’s Last System Peter Lach-Newinsky 57 Hegel Walks Into A Bar... James V. Mead overhears Hegel mansplaining #MeToo Slavoj Žižek being controversial p.20 Philosophy Now, 43a Jerningham Road, Telegraph Hill, London SE14 5NQ United Kingdom Tel. 020 7639 7314