Hegel and Heidegger on Nature and World

This book argues that Hegel and Heidegger offer two divergent paths towards reconciling the dichotomy between nature and world inherited from modern philosophy. Raoni Padui traces the ways in which nature is incorporated into the domain of meaningful human dwelling that Heidegger calls "world" and Hegel calls "Spirit" or Geist.

List of contents

Introduction: Our Amphibian Condition
Historical Interlude 1: The Modern Dichotomy between Nature and World
Chapter 1: Hegel on the Reconciliation of Nature and Spirit
Historical Interlude 2: The Modern Dichotomy Transformed and Repeated
Chapter 2: Heidegger on World and Nature: The Withdrawal of Being
Chapter 3: Hegel or Heidegger
Conclusion: The Step Back from the Step Back

About the author

By Raoni Padui

Summary

This book argues that Hegel and Heidegger offer two divergent paths towards reconciling the dichotomy between nature and world inherited from modern philosophy. Raoni Padui traces the ways in which nature is incorporated into the domain of meaningful human dwelling that Heidegger calls “world” and Hegel calls “Spirit” or Geist.

Product details

• Authors: Raoni Padui
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.05.2023
• EAN: 9781666905625
• ISBN: 978-1-66690-562-5
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: Continental Philosophy and the History of Thought
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; History of Ideas, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Phenomenology, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Existentialism, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Idealism, Idealism, Western philosophy from c 1800, Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900, Phenomenology & Existentialism, Phenomenology and Existentialism