Hegel and the Art of Negation

Negativity, Creativity and Contemporary Thought

Andrew W. Hass

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English

I.B. Tauris
12 November 2013

Theory of art; History: theory & methods; Western philosophy: Enlightenment; Ethics & moral philosophy; Philosophy of religion

Why is the philosopher Hegel returning as a potent force in contemporary thinking? Why, after a long period when Hegel and his dialectics of history have seemed less compelling than they were for previous generations of philosophers, is study of Hegel again becoming important? Fashionable contemporary theorists like Francis Fukuyama and Slavoj Zizek, as well as radical theologians like Thomas Altizer, have all recently been influenced by Hegel, the philosopher whose philosophy now seems somehow perennial- or, to borrow an idea from Nietzsche-eternally returning. Exploring this revival via the notion of 'negation' in Hegelian thought, and relating such negativity to sophisticated ideas about art and artistic creation, Andrew W. Hass argues that the notion of Hegelian negation moves us into an expansive territory where art, religion and philosophy may all be radically conceived and broken open into new forms of philosophical expression. The implications of such a revived Hegelian philosophy are, the author argues, vast and current. Hegel thereby becomes the philosopher par excellence who can address vital issues in politics, economics, war and violence, leading to a new form of globalised ethics. Hass makes a bold and original contribution to religion, philosophy, art and the history of ideas.

By: Andrew W. Hass
Imprint: I.B. Tauris
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 513g
ISBN: 9781780765570
ISBN 10: 1780765576
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 12 November 2013
Audience: College/higher education , A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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

Reviews for Hegel and the Art of Negation: Negativity, Creativity and Contemporary Thought

'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