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The Concept of Historical Individuality in G. W. F. Hegel's “Science of Logic” and “Lectures on the Philosophy of History” (2003)

Miles Board, Steffan (Author)

McMaster University (Canada)
Lampert, Jay

Publication Date: 2003
Edition Details: Advisor: Lampert, Jay
Physical Details: 186 pp.
Language: English

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Philosophy Individuality 18th century 19th century Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich

This thesis answers a complex of problems concerning historical individuality by relating the concepts of historical individual that underlie Hegel's _ Philosophy of History_ to the middle sections of Hegel's_ Science of Logic_. These problems are: (1) How does intelligible structure relate to the contingency of historical events? (2) How do individual persons and collectives relate to totalities? These questions are answered by means of the concept of the spirit of the world, illuminated by the concept of reciprocity. These concepts provide a theoretical basis for understanding the place of individuals in the totality of history that allows for plurality and contingency while ensuring that history remains comprehensible. I argue that, contrary to a widespread view, Hegel's philosophical history does not expound a progressive, linear succession of nations. Instead, it subordinates the nation in a reciprocal, simultaneous global totality. This thesis provides an original and detailed reading of the logic of essence from Hegel's _Science of Logic_ that brings out its structure as an ontology of historicity and its applicability to history. Furthermore, this thesis sets out and examines for the first time the various forms of individuality found in the widely neglected _Lectures on the Philosophy of History_. My reading is distinctive in part because it emphasizes the lectures themselves over the often-quoted introduction.

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Description Cited in Diss. Abstr. Int. A 65/12 (2005): 4590. UMI pub. no. NQ97785.

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