The self and its body in Hegel's Phenomenology of spirit

216 Pages·1997·3.78 MB·English

by  John Edward Russon

THE SELF AND ITS BODY IN
HEGEL'S PHEN OMEN OLOGY OF SPIRIT
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JOHNRUSSON
TheS elafn d Its Body in
HegelP'sh enomgeyno ofSl poirit
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO PRESS
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Toronto Studies in Philosophy
Editors: james R. Brown and Calvin Normore
Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data
Russon,John Edward, 196o-
The self and its body in Hegel's Phenomenology of spirit
(Toronto studies in philosophy)
ISBN o-802Q-091g.<l
1. Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 177o-1831. Phiinomenologie
des Geistes. 2. Body, Human (Philosophy). I. Title.
II. Series.
193 C97-93oo66-5
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Hekaton, and Apollonios ofTyre in Book I of About Zeno, say that when he con­
sulted the oracle about what he should do to live the best way, the god answered
that he would live the best way if he would mix his flesh with corpses [ sugchr6tizoito
tois nekrois], from which he understood that he should read the works of the
ancients [ta ton archai6n anagin6skein].
Diogenes Laertius, Lives of the Eminent Philosophers, VII.I
It is necessary to insist upon this idea of culture-in-action, of culture growing
within us like a new organ [un nouvel organe] ...
Antonin Artaud, Le the/itre et son double
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Contents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Xlll
A NOTE ON THE TEXT XV
Introduction: The Project of Reading Hegel's Phenomenology of
the Body 3
SECTION A: SELF-CONSCIOUS SELFHOOD
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Chapter 1: Unhappy Consciousness and the Lo c of Self-Conscious
Selfhood 15
Introduction 15
1. Stoicism 16
2. Scepticism 18
3. Unhappy Consciousness 22
Conclusion 28
Chapter !oil: Reason and Dualism: The Category as the Immediacy of
Unconditioned Self-Communion 30
Introduction 30
1. Reason in General 32
2. Reason and Obsen>"ation 34
3· Reason and Action 40
4. Reason and Responsibility 44
Conclusion 48