In Reading Hegel's Phenomenology, John Russon uses the theme of readingto clarify the methods, premises, evidence, reasoning, and conclusions developed inHegel's seminal text. Russon's approach facilitates comparing major sections andmovements of the text, and demonstrates that each section of Phenomenology of Spiritstands independently in its focus on the themes of human experience. Along the way, Russon considers the rich relevance of Hegel's philosophy to understanding other keyWestern philosophers, such as Aristotle, Descartes, Kant, Husserl, Heidegger, andDerrida. Major themes include language, embodiment, desire, conscience, forgiveness, skepticism, law, ritual, multiculturalism, existentialism, deconstruction, andabsolute knowing. An important companion to contemporary Hegel studies, this bookwill be of interest to all students of Hegel's philosophy.
