THE DASH

An argument that what is usually dismissed as the mystical shell of Hegel's thought -- the concept of absolute knowledge -- is actua lly its most rational kernel.This book sets out from a counterintuitive premise: the mystical shell of Hegel's system proves to be i ts most rational kernel. Hegel's radicalism is located precisely at the point where his thought seems to regress most. Most current readings try to update Hegel's thought by pruning back his grandiose claims to absolute knowing. Comay and Ruda invert this deflatio nary gest...[Llegir més]