Hegel's Phenomenology

The publication in 1807 of Georg Wilhelm Frederich Hegel's "Phanomenologie des Geistes" (translated alternately as "Phenomenology of the Mind" or "Phenomenology of the Spirit") marked the beginning of the modern era in philosophy. Hegel's remarkable insights formed the basis for what eventually beca [...]
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The publication in 1807 of Georg Wilhelm Frederich Hegel's "Phanomenologie des Geistes" (translated alternately as "Phenomenology of the Mind" or "Phenomenology of the Spirit") marked the beginning of the modern era in philosophy. Hegel's remarkable insights formed the basis for what eventually became the Existentialist movement. Yet the "Phenomenology" remains one of the most difficult and forbidding works in the canon of philosophical literature. "Hegel's Phenomenology, Part 1: Analysis and Commentary" by Howard P. Kainz provides a coherent and readable key to understanding Hegel. Kainz provides an accessible entry into the complexities of Hegelian thought by asking a series of questions about such matters as the literary form of the "Phenomenology," its "plot," its relation to the "system," its subject matter, the problem of objectivity, dialectical necessity, the concept of "experience," and the Hegelian concept of consciousness. Building of the work of previous commentators, and presenting the work of these commentators in a clear and unbiased manner, Kainz offers an analysis that will be helpful both to experienced Hegelian scholars and to those readers preparing to approach the large and bewildering territory of the "Phenomenology" for the first time.