PL 361 - Hegel and His Modern Interpreters

(3.00 cr.)

Hegel is famous for his teleological philosophy of world-spirit that interprets history as a progress of an ever more universal, reflexive self-knowledge. The first part of the course focuses on Hegel's Phenomenology. The second on how and why contemporary philosophers like Slavoj Zizek and Alain Badiou rediscover in Hegel a political theorist of antagonism and political violence.

Prerequisite: PL 201 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually

Interdisciplinary Studies: IGE