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Literature and The Problem of Agency

By Allen Speight

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2001
ISBN
9780521796347, 0521796342
Open Library ID
OL7754371M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1874887 bytes)
Series
Modern European Philosophy
Edition
1
Pages
159\159
Time added
2010-02-18 13:16:04

Description

Allen Speight argues that behind Hegel's extraordinary appeal to literature in the Phenomenology of Spirit lies a philosophical project concerned with understanding human agency in the modern world. It shows that Hegel looked to three literary genres--tragedy, comedy, and the romantic novel--as offering privileged access to three moments of human agency: retrospectivity, theatricality, and forgiveness. Taking full account of the authors that Hegel himself refers to (Sophocles, Diderot, Schlegel, Jacobi), Allen Speight has written a book with a broad appeal to both philosophers and literary theorists.

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