TThhiiss ppaaggee iinntteennttiioonnaallllyy lleefftt bbllaannkk This page intentionally left blank Each volume of this series of companions to major philoso- phers contains specially commissioned essays by an interna- tional team of scholars, together with a substantial bibliogra- phy, and will serve as a reference work for students and nonspecialists. One aim of the series is to dispel the intimi- dation such readers often feel when faced with the work of a difficult and challenging thinker. Few thinkers are more controversial in the history of phi- losophy than Hegel. He has been dismissed as a charlatan and obscurantist, but also praised as one of the greatest thinkers in modern philosophy. No one interested in philoso- phy can afford to ignore him. This volume provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date survey of Hegel's output. It considers all the major aspects of his work: epistemology, logic, ethics, political philosophy, aesthetics, philosophy of history, philosophy of religion. Special attention is devoted to problems in the interpretation of Hegel: the unity of the Phenomenology of Spirit; the value of the dialectical method; the status of his logic; the nature of his politics. A final group of chapters treats Hegel's complex historical leg- acy: the development of Hegelianism and its growth into a left- and a right-wing school; the relation of Hegel and Marx,- and the subtle connections between Hegel and contempo- rary analytic philosophy. New readers and nonspecialists will find this the most convenient, accessible guide to Hegel currently in print. Ad- vanced students and specialists will find a conspectus of recent developments in the interpretation of Hegel. THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO HEGEL OTHER VOLUMES IN THIS SERIES OF CAMBRIDGE COMPANIONS: AQUINAS Edited by NORMAN KRETZMANN and ELEONORE STUMP ARISTOTLE Edited by JONATHAN BARNES BACON Edited by MARKKU PELTONEN DESCARTES Edited by JOHN COTTINGHAM FOUCAULT Edited by GARY GUTTING FREUD Edited by JEROME NEU HABERMAS Edited by STEPHEN WHITE HEIDEGGER Edited by CHARLES GUIGNON HOBBES Edited by TOM SORRELL HUME Edited by DAVID FATE NORTON HUSSERL Edited by BARRY SMITH and DAVID WOODRUFF SMITH KANT Edited by PAUL GUYER LEIBNIZ Edited by NICHOLAS JOLLEY LOCKE Edited by VERE CHAPPELL MARX Edited by TERRELL CARVER MILL Edited by JOHN SKORUPSKI NIETZSCHE Edited by BERND MAGNUS PLATO Edited by RICHARD KRAUT SARTRE Edited by CHRISTINA HOWELLS SPINOZA Edited by DON GARRETT The Cambridge Companion to HEGEL Edited by Frederick C. Beiser Indiana University CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS    Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo Cambridge University Press TheEdinburghBuilding,Cambridge,UK Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridg e.org /9780521382748 © Cambridge University Press 1993 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexceptionandtotheprovisionof relevantcollectivelicensingagreements,noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplace withoutthewrittenpermissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublishedinprintformat 1993 - ---- eBook (Adobe Reader) - --- eBook (Adobe Reader) - ---- hardback - --- hardback - ---- paperback - --- paperback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracyofs forexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication,anddoesnot guaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain,accurateorappropriate. CONTENTS List of Contributors page vii Introduction: Hegel and the problem of metaphysics i FREDERICK C. BEISER 1 Hegel's intellectual development to 1807 25 H.S. HARRIS 2 You Can't Get There from Here: Transition problems in Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit 52 ROBERT PIPPIN 3 Hegel's conception of logic 86 JOHN BURBIDGE 4 Hegel's idealism: The logic of conceptuality 102 THOMAS E. WARTENBERG 5 Hegel's dialectical method 130 MICHAEL FORSTER 6 Thought and being: Hegel's critique of Kant's theoretical philosophy 171 PAUL GUYER 7 Hegel's ethics 211 ALLEN WOOD 8 The basic context and structure of Hegel's Philosophy of Right 234 KENNETH WESTPHAL vi Contents 9 Hegel's historicism 270 FREDERICK C. BEISER 10 Hegel on religion and philosophy 301 LAURENCE DICKEY 11 Hegel's aesthetics: An overview 348 ROBERT WICKS 12 Transformations of Hegelianism, 1805-1846 378 JOHN TOEWS 13 Hegel and Marxism 414 ALLEN WOOD 14 Hegel and analytic philosophy 445 PETER HYLTON Bibliography 487 Chronology 511 Index 513