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New book: Italo Testa, Luigi Ruggiu (eds.), “I that is We, We that is I. Perspectives on Contemporary Hegel”, Brill Books, 2016

New book: Italo Testa, Luigi Ruggiu (eds.), "I that is We, We that is I. Perspectives on Contemporary Hegel", Brill Books, 2016

We are glad to announce that the volume I that is We, We that is I. Perspectives on Contemporary Hegel (Brill Books, 2016) edited by Italo Testa and Luigi Ruggiu is out.

From the back cover

In “I that is We, We that is I”, an international group of philosophers explore the many facets of Hegel’s formula which expresses the recognitive and social structures of human life. The book offers a guiding thread for the reconstruction of crucial motifs of contemporary thought such as the socio-ontological paradigm; the action-theoretical model in moral and social philosophy; the question of naturalism; and the reassessment of the relevance of work and power for our understanding of human life. This collection addresses the shortcomings of Kantian and constructivist normative approaches to social practices and practical rationality it involves. It sheds new light on Hegel’s take on metaphysics and puts into question some presuppositions of the post-metaphysical interpretative paradigm.

HERE you can find the volume’s table of contents and the introduction written by Italo Testa in downloadable pdf format.
Click HERE for more detailed informations about the publication.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
List of Abbreviations
List of Contributors
1. Hegelian Resources for Contemporary Thought. Introductory Essay, Italo Testa
PART 1: HEGELIAN SOCIAL ONTOLOGY
2. Hegel on Social Ontology and the Possibility of Pathology, Fred Neuhouser
3. Ethical Perfectionism in Social Ontology—A Hegelian Alternative, Heikki Ikäheimo
4. Towards an Institutional Theory of Rights, Jean-François Kervégan
5. Reason and Social Ontology, Luigi Ruggiu
PART 2: SOCIAL ACTION, ETHICAL LIFE, AND THE CRITIQUE OF CONSTRUCTIVISM
6. Does Hegelian Ethics Rest on a Mistake?, Robert Stern
7. Hegelian Constructivism in Ethical Theory?, Arto Laitinen
8. Hegel’s Theory of Action: Between Conviction and Recognition, Francesca Menegoni
9. The Normativity of Ethical Life, Axel Honneth
10. Freedom and Nature. The Point of View of a Theory of Recognition, Lucio Cortella
PART 3: NATURALISM, WORK, AND POWER
11. Nature, Subjectivity and Freedom. Moving from Hegel’s Philosophy of Nature, Luca Illetterati
12. Social Self and Work in The Phenomenology of Spirit, Emmanuel Renault
13. The Form of Labor: Individuation and Socialization, Paolo Vinci
14. Attractors of Recognition. Recognitive Power and Social Power, Italo Testa
PART 4: THE LOGIC OF SUBJECTIVITY AND INTERSUBJECTIVITY
15. Hegel on Recognition. Self-Consciousness, Individuality and Intersubjectivity, Alfredo Ferrarin
16. “I that is We and We that is I”. The Phenomenological Significance and the Logical Foundation of Intersubjectivity in Hegel, Franco Chiereghin
17. The Community of the Self, Leonardo Samonà
18. The Political Surplus Value of Subjectivity in Hegel, Geminello Preterossi

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