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New Release: Federico Sanguinetti, Luca Corti, Giovanna Miolli (Eds.) “Letture di Hegel dall’Africa e dalla diaspora africana” (Padova University Press, 2024)

We are glad to give notice of the release of the volume Letture di Hegel dall’Africa e dalla diaspora africana, edited by Federico Sanguinetti, Luca Corti and Giovanna Miolli (Padova University Press, 2024).

From the publisher’s website:

Questo progetto editoriale si propone di colmare, seppur parzialmente, una lacuna all’interno della letteratura secondaria in lingua italiana su G.W.F. Hegel. Esso prende le mosse da un dato di fatto: la mancanza sistematica di un confronto con le prospettive di autorə africanə e afrodiscendenti.

Tale assenza pone la questione del razzismo negli studi hegeliani. Per problematizzare questa tendenza e promuovere il dibattito su livelli diversi, il presente volume mette a disposizione in lingua italiana una serie di testi su Hegel scritti da autorə africanə e afrodiscendenti. I contributi qui raccolti avanzano punti di vista finora tendenzialmente ignorati e propongono modi nuovi di interagire con il pensiero del filosofo tedesco, offrendo nel complesso un’immagine di Hegel decisamente diversa rispetto a quelle più affermate nel panorama filosofico italiano.

The volume is available in open access at this link.

New Release: F. Sanguinetti, L. Corti, G. Miolli (Eds.) "Letture di Hegel dall’Africa e dalla diaspora africana" (Padova University Press, 2024)

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New Release: Thomas Raysmith, “Hegel and the Problem of the History of Philosophy” (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2025)

We are glad to give notice of the release of the book Hegel and the Problem of the History of Philosophy, by Thomas Raysmith (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2025).

From the publisher’s website:

Drawing on the work of major philosophers in 18th and 19th-century German idealism, Thomas Raysmith critically examines G. W. F. Hegel’s justification for the claim that philosophy has a history.

While Kant regarded philosophy as ahistorical, Hegel considered it to be a discipline that is necessarily historical, and elaborated a ‘logical structure’ that was supposed to allow it to have a history. Calling this structure, which Hegel took to be the fundamental structure of thought itself, ‘the structure of exemplarity’, Raysmith presents it as a dynamic reciprocity between universality, particularity and singularity. He provides a historical reconstruction of the shifting conceptions of philosophy from Kant, through J. G. Fichte and F. W. J. Schelling, to Hegel, and offers a systematic analysis of Hegel’s Science of Logic based on a close, critical reading.

Offering a compelling and novel reading of Hegel’s thought, Hegel and the Problem of the History of Philosophy is a groundbreaking work for students and scholars of German idealism and the history of philosophy more broadly.

New Release: Thomas Raysmith, "Hegel and the Problem of the History of Philosophy" (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2025)

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CFA: “36th International Hegel Congress” (Rome, 1-4 September, 2026)

We are glad to give notice that the call for abstracts for the 36th International Hegel Congress is now open. The conference will take place on September 1st-4th, 2026, at the Roma Tre University.

Please find below the text of the call.

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If you would like to contribute with a Paper to one of the parallel sections, please submit a descriptive summary of your Paper by December 15, 2025.

Contributions should be no longer than 20 minutes and written in German, English, or French. The following information must be provided with the submission:

  • Author’s name
  • (Institutional) address
  • Email address
  • Bio (max 150 words)
  • Title of the Paper
  • A descriptive summary of the paper indicating its relevance to the topic of the Congress (1500 characters including spaces or about 220 words)
  • An indication of the section for which the paper is intended
  • A short abstract of the paper (600 to 800 characters including spaces or about 100–125 words)

Summaries and abstracts exceeding the specified length will not be considered.

A later publication of the papers in the Hegel-Jahrbuch is planned.

Submission of abstracts should be sent via e-mail to: hegelglobal@hegelnow.org

Confirmation of acceptance: March 1st, 2026

For more informations please visit the website of the event.

 

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Lezione: Temi e problemi della filosofia classica tedesca: Luca Illetterati e Giulia Bernard, “La nozione di ‘idea’ nella filosofia di Hegel” (Padova, 24 febbraio 2025)

Siamo lietə di comunicare che il 24 febbraio 2025 si terrà il terzo incontro del ciclo di lezioni di dottorato 2024/2025 “Temi e problemi della filosofia classica tedesca”. L’incontro sarà introdotto da Luca Illetterati e Giulia Bernard (Università di Padova), che terranno un intervento dal titolo La nozione di ‘idea’ nella filosofia di Hegel.

La lezione, interna al Corso di Dottorato di Ricerca in Filosofia, si svolgerà a partire dalle ore 11 presso l’Aula Giacon (Palazzo del Capitanio, Padova). Sarà possibile inoltre collegarsi da remoto tramite la piattaforma Zoom. Per partecipare allo streaming scrivere a: luca.corti@unipd.it.

Per la presentazione del ciclo di lezioni e il calendario completo degli incontri programmati è possibile consultare la pagina del Corso di Dottorato sul sito dell’Università di Padova.

 

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International Conference: “German Idealism and Beyond” (New York, 21 February 2025)

We are glad to give notice of the International Conference German Idealism and Beyond, which will take place on 21st February, 2025, at the New School for Social Research (Wolff Conference Room (D1103), 6 East 16th Street, New York City), from 10.00 am to 4.00 pm.

The event is organized by Agnese di Riccio (New School for Social Research), Giuliano Infantino (University of Stüttgart) and Samuel Lee (New York University).

Below you can find the program of the conference.

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Gregory Moss (CUHK): The Logic of Primal Willing in Schelling’s Freedom Essay
with a commentary by Daniel LeBlanc (Yale) & Attay Kremer (Tel Aviv)

Allegra De Laurentiis (SUNY): Hegel on Recalcitrance
with a commentary by Greg Bartels (New School)

Francesco Campana (Padova-New School): Irony and Objectivity in Hegel’s Philosophy
with a commentary by Pablo Pulgar Moya (UDP)

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Talk: Elena Casetta, “Ripensare l’ambiente: verso una revisione concettuale” (Turin, 21 February 2025)

We are glad to give notice of the talk Ripensare l’ambiente: verso una revisione concettuale, by Elena Casetta (University of Turin), that will take place on 21st February, 2025, at the University of Turin (Sala Incontri 1, Palazzo Nuovo) from 3 pm to 5 pm (CET) and online.

The event is part of the talk series of the PRIN research project Understanding Natural Histories, coordinated by Luca Corti (University of Padua), Mario Farina (IUAV University of Venice), and Vera Tripodi (Polytechnic University of Turin).

Info and Zoom link: nathistories@gmail.com.

Below you can find the description of the event.

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Nel mio intervento discuterò la necessità di ripensare la concezione tradizionale di ambiente – così come implicitamente delineata nella Dichiarazione di Stoccolma –, alla luce dell’affermazione per la quale oggi l’umanità si configurerebbe come una «grande forza della natura». Proporrò una revisione concettuale basata su due elementi principali: un approccio eco-evo-devo per la comprensione delle relazioni tra il vivente e l’ambiente, e una soluzione convenzionalista e gradualista per trattare la distinzione tra naturale e artificiale.

For further information, please visit the website of UNH project.

Talk: Elena Casetta, "Ripensare l'ambiente: verso una revisione concettuale" (Turin, 21 February 2025)

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New Release: Kaiyuan Hong, “„Die Morgenröte des Geistes“ Eine systematische Studie zu Hegels Konzeption des Orients und zur Philosophie des Geistes in der Berliner Zeit” (Meiner, 2025)

We are glad to give notice of the release of the volume „Die Morgenröte des Geistes“ Eine systematische Studie zu Hegels Konzeption des Orients und zur Philosophie des Geistes in der Berliner Zeit, by Kaiyuan Hong (Meiner, 2025).
The volume has appeared as Beiheft 77 of the Hegel-Studien.

From the publisher’s website:

Kein anderer Denker der klassischen deutschen Philosophie hat sich so wie Hegel mit dem Orient beschäftigt. Hegels Konzeption des Orients ist aber nicht leicht zu erfassen und darzustellen. Denn die Rekonstruktion wirft eine ganze Reihe schwieriger methodischer und sachlicher Probleme auf. Neben der nicht unproblematischen Textgrundlage, den Nachschriften zu seinen Berliner Vorlesungen, betrifft dies vor allem den systematischen Stellenwert des Orients in der »Geschichte des Geistes«. Berühmt ist Hegels These, dass es im Orient noch keine Freiheit gab und sich der Geist zum Wissen seiner selbst im weltgeschichtlichen Gang von Ost nach West entwickelt hat. Hegel hat diese historische Entwicklung jedoch so gut wie nie eigens thematisiert. Dieses Desiderat erkannt zu haben und Hegels implizite Annahmen in ihrer Komplexität zu diskutieren, ist die Leistung dieser umfassenden wie auch subtilen Studie. Am Schluss ordnet der Autor den Ertrag seiner Analyse in die aktuelle Eurozentrismus-Diskussion ein.

 

New Release: Kaiyuan Hong, "„Die Morgenröte des Geistes“ Eine systematische Studie zu Hegels Konzeption des Orients und zur Philosophie des Geistes in der Berliner Zeit" (Meiner, 2025)

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CFP: “Rechtsbegründung und Rechtskritik in der klassischen deutschen Philosophie” (Halle-Wittenberg, 21-24 August 2025)

We are glad to give notice that the Call for Papers for the international conference Rechtsbegründung und Rechtskritik in der klassischen deutschen Philosophie, the the 22nd Conference of the Internationales Netzwerk Transzendentalphilosophie/Deutscher Idealismus, is now open. The event will take place on August 21st-24th, 2025, at the Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg (Stiftung Leucorea, Lutherstadt Wittenberg).

Deadline: 31st May 2025.
Organisation: Dr. Carolyn Iselt and Simon Helling.
Information: carolyn.iselt@bbaw.de, helling@uni-wuppertal.de.

Below you can find a description of the event and information about the Call.

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Die klassische deutsche Philosophie verhandelte ihre Vorstellungen einer gerechten Gesellschaft im Medium der Rechtsphilosophie. Gemeinsamer theoretischer Ausgangspunkt der verschiedenen Entwürfe war dabei die Autonomie des Subjekts. Damit trat die Rechtsphilosophie in einen engen Zusammenhang mit der ebenfalls hierauf sich gründenden Moralphilosophie, musste aber auch hiervon unterschieden werden: sei es, dass das Recht, wie bei Kant und Fichte, als äußerliche Koordination moralisch indifferenter Personen verstanden wurde, sei es, dass, wie bei Hegel, abstraktes Recht und Moralität in ein übergeordnetes Verhältnis der Sittlichkeit treten sollten.
Mit diesen Begründungen war die klassische deutsche Philosophie einer der am weitesten fortgeschrittenen Exponenten des sich zu ihrer Zeit emanzipierenden Bürgertums. Sie teilte damit viele der Fortschritte, die die bürgerliche Gesellschaft darstellte, aber auch viele ihrer problematischen Seiten. Eine davon war die ungenügend durchdachte Beziehung zur Ökonomie, die zwar noch nicht die durchgebildete kapitalistische Gestalt angenommen hatte, in der sie später auftrat. Da aber die Durchsetzung des bürgerlichen Rechts mit eben jener ökonomischen Form auftrat, schien das Recht vor allem dazu erdacht, die kapitalistischen Herrschaftsformen durchzusetzen und abzusichern. Hegel etwa begriff die bürgerliche Gesellschaft als eine Sphäre individueller und damit auch ökonomischer Freiheit, verschwieg dabei zwar nicht den hieraus entstehenden Antagonismus, die Spaltung in Reiche und Arme, setzte dagegen aber eine absolut rechtsstiftende sittliche Gewalt, die mit dem Krieg nach außen im Innern für Zusammenhalt sorgen sollte. Ohne die Problematik, die Hegel bereits in der bürgerlichen Gesellschaft erkannt hatte, zu berücksichtigen, stellte der nationalsozialistische Theoretiker Carl Schmitt eine absolute Gewalt und den äußeren Feind als Selbstzweck ins Zentrum seines Denkens.
Dagegen kritisierte die marxistische Tradition die bloß formale Gleichheit des Rechts, weil diese mit der vorgefundenen materiellen Ungleichheit verträglich war und sie zu reproduzieren half. Eugen Paschukanis entwarf sogar eine der marxschen Analyse der Warenform analoge Analyse der Rechtsform. Auch der in dieser Tradition stehende Walter Benjamin verallgemeinerte den marxschen Befund, indem er zeigte, dass das Recht die mythischen Gewalten, gegen die es sich zunächst wendet, in anderer Form fortsetzt. Rechtskritik in diesem Sinne heißt also, das Recht als solches zu problematisieren.
Allerdings wurde auch immer wieder auf der Basis des Rechtsbegriffs gegen das Unrecht, das die kapitalistische Gesellschaft darstellt, argumentiert. So vertrat der Philosoph Leonard Nelson einen objektiven, nicht positivistischen Rechtsbegriff und im Umfeld der kritischen Theorie wandte sich Franz Neumann gegen seinen Lehrer Schmitt mit der Vorstellung einer Herrschaft des Gesetzes. In diesem Sinne heißt Rechtskritik also, die misslungene Realisierung des Rechts anzuklagen und seine volle Realisierung einzufordern.

Interessent*innen werden gebeten, bis Ende Mai 2025 einen Vortragstitel nebst einigen aussagekräftigen Zeilen zu ihrem Vortragsvorhaben an die angegebene Email-Adresse zu senden. Die Vorträge sollten die Länge von 30 Minuten nicht überschreiten.
Bitte geben Sie bei der Zusendung Ihrer Abstracts auch an, ob Sie im Gästehaus der Leucorea für 40€/Nacht übernachten wollen.

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Workshop: “Intersections #3: Mapping Hegel’s Lectures on Aesthetics: A Catalogue for an Imaginary Museum” (Rome, 17-18 February 2025)

We are glad to give notice of the Workshop Mapping Hegel’s Lectures on Aesthetics: A Catalogue for an Imaginary Museum, which will take place on February 17th-18th, at the Istituto Italiano di Studi Germanici, Rome (Villa Sciarra, Via Calandelli 25).

The workshop, supported by the Istituto Italiano di Studi Germanici, is part of the project Intersections: real museum, ideal museum, virtual museum with and beyond Hegel.

The event is organized by Francesco Campana (University of Padova/NSSR New York), Francesca Iannelli (Roma Tre University) and Gabriele Tomasi (University of Padova), in collaboration with Chiara Magni (Roma Tre University) and Gioia Sili (University of Calabria).

The partners of the event are the Department of Philosophy, Communication and Performing Arts of the University of Roma Tre, the Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Pedagogy and Applied Psychology of the University of Padova, Hegel Now!, HegelArtNet and hegelpd.

Below you can find the program of the event.

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February 17th

15:30 Greetings and Introduction
Francesco Campana (University of Padua/NSSR New York), Francesca Iannelli (Roma Tre University), Gabriele Tomasi (University of Padova)

Think Tank Intersections I

Gabriele Schimmenti, Chiara Magni: Le opere nella Einleitung delle Lezioni berlinesi di Estetica con Gabriele Schimmenti e Chiara Magni
Chair: Francesco Campana

16:30-17:00 Discussion

Think Tank Intersections II

Eleonora Caramelli, Federica Pitillo, Silvia Pieroni: Le opere nell’Allgemeiner Teil delle Lezioni berlinesi di Estetica
Chair: Francesco Campana

18:30-19:00 Discussion 

February 18th

10:00-10:30

Think Tank Intersezioni III

Mario Farina: Le opere nella symbolische Kunstform delle Lezioni berlinesi di Estetica
Chair: Gabriele Tomasi

10:30-11:00 Discussione

11:30-12:30

Think Tank Intersezioni IV

Francesca Iannelli, Gioia Sili, Caterina Piccini: Le opere nella klassische Kunstform delle Lezioni berlinesi di Estetica
Chair: Gabriele Tomasi

12:30-13:00 Discussion

Think Tank Intersezioni V

Markus Ophaelders: Le opere nella romantische Kunstform delle Lezioni berlinesi di Estetica
Chair: Francesca Iannelli

15:30-16:00 Discussion

Conclusions
Francesca Iannelli (Università Roma Tre), Francesco Campana (Università di Padova/NSSR New York), Gabriele Tomasi (Università di Padova)

For more information, please visit the event website.

 

Workshop: "Mapping Hegel's Lectures on Aesthetics" (Rome, 17-18 February 2025)

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New Release: Michael Quante, “‘Die Wurzel für den Menschen ist aber der Mensch selbst.’ Studien zur Philosophie von Karl Marx” (Brill-mentis, 2024)

We are glad to give notice of the release of the volume „Die Wurzel für den Menschen ist aber der Mensch selbst.“ Studien zur Philosophie von Karl Marx by Michael Quante (Brill-mentis, 2024).

From the publisher’s website (in German):

Karl Marx entwickelt, in der Tradition der idealistischen Philosophie Hegels, eine Konzeption der menschlichen Lebensform, die er in Gestalt einer philosophischen Anthropologie und einer kritischen Sozialphilosophie entfaltet. In diesem Buch werden die zentralen Konzeptionen und Theoreme der Philosophie von Karl Marx herausgearbeitet. Dabei zeigt sich, dass Marx eine pragmatistische Anerkennungstheorie in Gestalt einer Philosophie des gegenständlichen Gattungswesens und eine kritische Sozialphilosophie entwickelt. Erstere verbindet Elemente der philosophischen Anthropologie und der Religionskritik Feuerbachs zu einer perfektionistischen Ethik. Letztere liegt in Gestalt einer Kritik der politischen Ökonomie vor, in der Marx den Kapitalismus als prinzipiell scheiternde Realisierung der menschlichen Lebensform analysiert. Die philosophische Explikation des Marxschen Denkens zeigt, dass er in der Tradition der Hegelschen Philosophie eine eigenständige Konzeption entwickelt hat.

You can read the Table of Contents and the Introduction to the volume at the following link.

 

New Release: Michael Quante, “‘Die Wurzel für den Menschen ist aber der Mensch selbst.’ Studien zur Philosophie von Karl Marx” (Brill-mentis, 2024)

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New Release: Owen Ware, “Return of the Gods” (Oxford University Press, 2025)

We are glad to give notice of the release of the volume Return of the Gods. Mythology in Romantic Philosophy and Literature by Owen Ware (Oxford University Press, 2025).

From the publisher’s website:

Why was mythology of vital importance for the romantics? What role did mythology play in their philosophical and literary work? And what common sources of influence inspired these writers across Britain and Germany at the turn of the nineteenth century?

In this wide-ranging study, Owen Ware argues that the romantics turned to mythology for its potential to transform how we see ourselves, others, and the world. Engaging with authors such as William Blake, Friedrich Schlegel, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Friedrich von Hardenberg (Novalis), and Percy Bysshe Shelley, Ware shows why they believed that neither perception nor reason alone can sustain a vision of the unity of all things. A new mode of cognition is necessary, they claimed, one that revives the poetic origin of mythology and reveals our own mythmaking powers. Return of the Gods investigates the rise of mythology in the British and German traditions and the romantics’ practices of reinterpreting old myths and inventing new ones. Their shared aim was nothing less than to elevate the human imagination to higher stages of self-development in which philosophy and poetry, as well as intellect and imagination, form an integrated whole. Far from calling us to return to the past, the romantics’ work on mythology points us to a future where we can live in harmony with the personal, social, and natural worlds we inhabit.

Owen Ware combines intellectual history with philosophical analysis and literary criticism to offer a bold reflection on why mythology mattered for the romantics–and why it still matters today.

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Table of Contents:

Introduction: Romantic Mythologies
1. Life and Ideal
2. Mythologies Old and New
3. Marriages of Heaven and Hell
4. Searching for the Blue Flower
5. The Imageless Truth
Conclusion: Return of the Gods

 

New Release: Owen Ware, “Return of the Gods” (Oxford University Press, 2025)

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