Kojeve from r 93 3 ro 1939 introduction to the reading of hegel lectures on the phenomenology of spirit alexandre kojeve during the years 19331939. Read alexandre kojeve wisdom at the end of history by james h. Introduction to the reading of hegel alexandre kojeve. Google books no proxy setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your universitys proxy server configure custom proxy use this if. His major work of political philosophy, the philosophy of right 1821, is a good introduction to hegel.
Introduction to the reading of hegel by alexandre kojeve. An introduction to the work of hegel george william friedrich hegel 17701831 is among the most important of modern political thinkers and philosophersand also one of the most difficult. Size alrxandre x x x x this is peculiar, considering that his reputation rests mainly on his interpretation of hegel, an interpretation which he developed and propounded in a series of lectures in the attempt to make hegel into a quasiexistentialist, deriving freedom from the cognizance of death, is especially unconvincing. It captures its authors intellectual interests at a time when he was retiring from the career of a professional philosopher and was about to become one of the pioneers of. Kojeve hegel pdf introduction to the reading of hegel. Pub 1969 the notion of authority was never intended for public availability and publication. Lectures on the phenomenology of spirit, edited by allan bloom, ithaca. Lectures on the phenomenology of spirit alexandre kojeve. Bloom claims in his englishlanguage edition of introduction to the reading of hegel that kojeve is the most thoughtful, the most learned, the most profound of those marxists who, dissatisfied with the thinness of marxs account of the human and metaphysical grounds of his teaching, turned to hegel as the truly philosophic source of that. Introduction to the reading of alexandre kojeve sage journals. In the technical world transformed by his work, he rules or, at least, will one day rule as absolute master. Full text of kojeve introduction to the reading of hegel. The notion of authority by alexandre kojeve overdrive. As a statesman in the french government, he was instrumental in the creation.
This collection of kojeve s thoughts about hegel constitutes one of the few important philosophical books of the twentieth centurya book, knowledge of which is requisite to the full awareness of our situation and to the grasp of the most modern perspective on the eternal questions of philosophy. Introduction to the reading of hegel lectures on the phenomenology of spirit alexandre kojeve during the years 19331939. This is explicated through a necessary selforigination and. Alexandre kojeve, interpretation of the general introduction to chapter vii the religion chapter of hegels phenomenology of.
In the preface and the introduction to the phenomenology, hegel insists at length on the passive, contemplative, and descriptive character of the scientific method. Lectures on the phenomenology of spirit is a 1947 book about georg wilhelm friedrich hegel by the philosopher alexandre kojeve. Pdf alexandre kojeve, interpretation of the general. The notion of authority isbn 9781781680957 pdf epub. Hegel anticipates this question and answers it in the introduction to chapter vii. This collection of lectures shows the intensity of kojeves study and thought and the depth of his insight into hegel s phenomenology of spirit. Alexandre kojeve introduction to the reading of hegel slideshare. His published work includes a translation of alexandre kojeves introduction to the reading of hegel, also from cornell. Hegel s philosophy of mind georg wilhelm friedrich hegel 416 downloads. Alexandre kojeve, whose brilliant introduction to the reading of hegel.
He underlines that there is a dialectic of scientific thought only because there is a dialectic of the being which that thought reveals. Instead kojeve wrote it to circulate among his philosophyoflaw friends in french government. Allan bloom from the introduction during the years 19331939, the russianborn and german. Alexandre kojeve, introduction to the reading of hegel. We can give a first answer to this question by recalling a passage from the. I think incarnaredin me, therefore, i alexandre kojeve introduction to the reading of hegel. Alexandre kojeve, interpretation of the general introduction to chapter vii i. This public document was automatically mirrored from pdfy. Kojeves commentary on hegels phenomenology is a brilliant example of what emerson termed creative readinga skill cultivated by far too few. Lectures on the phenomenology of spirit alexandre kojeve download bok. Introduction to the reading of hegel lectures on the phenomenology of spirit alexandre kojeve during the years 1933 1939. This collection of kojeves thoughts about hegel constitutes one of the few important philosophical books of the twentieth centurya book, knowledge of which is.