Description:
This book deals with fundamental problems in Hegel and with Hegel in relation to Kierkegaard, Marx, Nietzsche, Russell, Heidegger, Husserl, Derrida, and Bataille. It reveals Hegel's power to provoke both critical and creative thought across the complete spectrum of philosophical questions.
Brief description: William Desmond is David Cook Chair in Philosophy at Villanova University and Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at the Institute of Philosophy, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. He is the author of many books, including Art, Origins, Otherness: Between Philosophy and Art and Perplexity and Ultimacy: Metaphysical Thoughts from the Middle, both by SUNY Press.