Beyond Hegel and Dialectic

Speculation, Cult, and Comedy

William Desmond

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English

State University of New York Press
01 July 1992

Philosophy; History of Western philosophy

Series: SUNY series in Hegelian Studies

This book is a defense of speculative philosophy in the wake of Hegel.

In a number of wide-ranging, meditative essays, Desmond deals with the criticism of speculative thought in post-Hegelian thinking.

He covers the interpretation of Hegelian speculation in terms of the metataxological notion of being and the concept of philosophy that Desmond has developed in two previous works, Philosophy and Its Others, and Desire, Dialectic and Otherness.

Though Hegel is Desmond's primary interlocuter, there are references to Aristophanes, Socrates, Plato, Augustine, Aquinas, Descartes, Kant, Marx, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Levinas, and Derrida.

Desmond is concerned with the limits of philosophy.

The themes of the essays include speculation and historicism, speculation and cult, speculation and representation, evil and dialectic, logos and the comedy of failure.

By: William Desmond
Imprint: State University of New York Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 490g
ISBN: 9780791411049
ISBN 10: 0791411044
Series: SUNY series in Hegelian Studies
Pages: 365
Publication Date: 01 July 1992
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

William Desmond is Professor in the Philosophy Department at Loyola College. He is the author of Art and the Absolute: A Study of Hegel's Aesthetics; Philosophy and Its Others: Ways of Being and Mind, and editor of Hegel and His Critics, all published by SUNY Press; and the author of Desire, Dialectic, and Otherness.

Reviews for Beyond Hegel and Dialectic: Speculation, Cult, and Comedy

"""I find the book utterly fascinating to read. It is fresh and challenging."" - Merold Westphal ""It is highly original and well written. It is free of all Hegelian, Scholastic jargon and as a result the reader is drawn into the narrative and thinks along with the author. It takes a fresh look at Hegel."" - Donald Verene"