Hegel and the Art of Negation

Andrew Hass is Lecturer in Religion at the University of Stirling and Executive Editor of the journal Literature and Theology. He is the author and editor of The Oxford Handbook of English Literature and Theology (2007, co-edited with David Jasper and Elisabeth Jay), Poetics of Critique: The Interdisciplinarity of Textuality (2003) and The Bible as Literature: A Reader (1999, co-edited with David Jasper and Stephen

'Andrew Hass' Hegel and the Art of Negation is a comprehensive and magisterial rethinking of Hegel, not only calling forth a truly contemporary Hegel, but a new Hegel: a Hegel at the very center of thinking as such, and of all thinking, or all truly critical and universal thinking.' Thomas J J Altizer, Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies, The State University of New York, Stony Brook 'Here is a truly artistic homage to the artistry at the heart of Hegel's thought: the sheer restless negativity that forever differentiates Hegel from 'Hegelianism', or perhaps Hegelianism from other "-isms". In this enjoyable text Hegel returns - negating the negation he must, of course, also undergo - as freshly thought-provoking and challenging as ever.' Andrew Shanks, Canon Theologian, Manchester Cathedral, author of Hegel's Political Theology and of Hegel and Religious Faith

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction – Returning Anew Part One: The Hegel of NegationChapter One – Negation’s Art in Phenomenology of SpiritChapter Two – Negation’s Logic in Science of Logic Chapter Three – Art’s Negation in Aesthetics Part Two: The Negation of HegelChapter Four – The Returning of Hegel and Negation: Sartre and HyppoliteChapter Five – The Tolling of Hegel and Negation: DerridaChapter Six – The Living of Hegel and Negation: Kristeva, Nancy, Agamben, Žižek, MalabouPart Three: Furthering HegelChapter Seven – The Ought of Negation Conclusion – Art-Religion-Philosophy Re-formedNotesBibliography of Works CitedIndex