Hegel and the Analytic Tradition - Angelica Nuzzo (ed.)

Abstract

Talk of a ‘Hegel Renaissance’ within the analytic tradition has become almost commonplace. However, a closer look reveals that various Renaissances, in part incompatible, are in progress now (some of them are distinguished along rough geographical criteria: there is talk of Chicago Hegelians, Pittsburgh Hegelians, Münster Hegelians, etc.). Among the proponents of these various Renaissance movements there are very different views as to what it is about Hegel's philosophy that deserves to be revived in the current philosophical climate. In addition, the Hegel Renaissances tend to go along with a critical re‐reading of the history of analytic philosophy itself: for instance, was the crucial break with Hegelianism at the dawn of the movement based on a simple misunderstanding on Moore's and Russell's part? Did they fail to distinguish Hegel's philosophy from the varieties of Hegelianism now grouped together under the heading of ‘British idealism’? In all these respects the present volume promises some clarification. The editor's introduction says (p. 3) that it aims to be useful both ‘with regard to the renewal of Hegel scholarship and with regard to the advancement of the current philosophical agenda’.