Hegel's Philosophy of Spirit

Marina F. Bykova is Professor of Philosophy at North Carolina State University. She is the author of Hegel's Interpretation of Thinking (1990) and The Mystery of Logic and the Secret of Subjectivity (1996). She is also editor of The German Idealism Reader: Ideas, Responses and Legacy (2018) as well as of the journal Russian Studies in Philosophy.

'This collection has insightful chapters, quite diverse in scope, with many established scholars presenting their views on issues central to Hegel's thought. Given the quality and relevance of the contributions, as a collection, the volume is certainly accomplished.' Luca Corti, Journal of the History of Philosophy

• Introduction: Hegel's Encyclopaedia philosophy of spirit Marina F. Bykova; Part I. Philosophy of Spirit and Hegel's Philosophical System: 1. The logic of Hegel's Encyclopaedia philosophy of spirit Paul Redding; 2. The origin and character of Hegel's concept of spirit Michael N. Forster; Part II. Philosophy of Subjective Spirit: 3. Hegel's critique of theoretical spirit: Kant's functionalist cognitive psychology in context Kenneth R. Westphal; 4. Derangements of the soul Allegra de Laurentiis; 5. Hegel's account of perceptual experience in his philosophy of subjective spirit Markus Gabriel; Part III. Philosophy of Objective Spirit: 6. The idea of a speculative philosophy of objective spirit Christian Krijnen; 7. Objective spirit: the pulse of self-consciousness Terry Pinkard; 8. On Hegel's account of selfhood and human sociality Marina F. Bykova; 9. Hegel's idea of the state Stephen Houlgate; Part IV. Philosophy of Absolute Spirit: 10. The 'absoluteness' of Hegel's absolute spirit Angelica Nuzzo; 11. Art as a mode of absolute spirit: the development and significance of Hegel's Encyclopaedia account of the philosophy of art Allen Speight; 12. Art, logic, and the human presence of spirit in Hegel's philosophy of absolute spirit Robert R. Williams.