Hegel's Theory of Imagination

Jennifer Ann Bates is Visiting Scholar of Philosophy at the University of Guelph and at the Centre for Comparative Literature at the University of Toronto.

"…Bates is undoubtedly successful in establishing that the role of imagination within the Phenomenology needs to be thoroughly investigated, and while she may not get to the bottom of every issue entailed by such a project, she certainly makes a challenging and important contribution to it." — Owl of Minerva"…it is indispensable reading for anyone interested in Hegel's account of the role of the imagination in our mental, communicative, and creative lives." — British Journal of Aesthetics"This work is a detailed analysis of the role of the imagination in the works of Hegel. One of its major contributions is that it brings to the forefront a relatively neglected issue in Hegel scholarship, as well as casting light on Hegel's relation to the movements of German Idealism and Romanticism." — Philosophy in Review"In focusing on the imagination in Hegel, Jennifer Ann Bates explores a topic which has not received much detailed consideration. Bates presents a careful, close reading of relevant texts, both of Hegel and his predecessors." — William Maker, editor of Hegel and Aesthetics

• Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Schematic Breakdown of the Imagination in Each of the Philosophy of Spirit Lectures Key German Terms and their Translation as "Imagination" and Related Words List of Abbreviations PART ONE: Imagination in Theory: "Subjective Authentication" 1. The Sundering Imagination of the Absolute(Hegel's Earliest Works) 2. Dialectical Beginnings(Fragment 17 of Geistesphilosophie 1803–04) 3. The Dialectical Imagination(Geistesphilosophie 1803–04) 35 4. The Inwardizing Imagination(Geistesphilosophie 1805–06) 5. The Communicative Imagination(Philosophy of Subjective Spirit 1830) PART TWO: Imagination in Practice: "Objective Authentication" 6. Memory, the Artist's Einbildungskraft, Phantasie, and Aesthetic Vorstellungen(Lectures on Aesthetics) PART THREE: Synthesis and Disclosure: The Phenomenology of Spirit 7. Imagination and the Medium of Thought(Phenomenology of Spirit "Preface") Notes Bibliography Index