Contributors draw on Hegel's account of identity and difference to challenge conventional theories of identity.
Author(s): Philip T. Grier
Year: 2007
Language: English
Pages: 289
Identity and Difference......Page 4
CONTENTS......Page 6
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 8
Introduction......Page 10
Part I. Identity and Difference in the Science of Logic......Page 22
1. Identity, Difference, and the Logic of Otherness......Page 24
2. Double Transition, Dialectic,and Recognition......Page 40
3. Identity as a Process of Self-Determination in Hegel’s Logic......Page 72
4. Identity and Difference,Thought and Being......Page 92
Part 2. Identity and Difference in the Philosophy of Mind......Page 110
5. Identity, Difference, and the Unity of Mind:Reflections on Hegel’s Determination of Psyche, Consciousness, and Intelligence......Page 112
Part 3. Identities and Differences:Peoples, Genders, and Nations......Page 138
6. Changing Identities:Dialectical Separations and Resisting Barriers......Page 140
7. Hegel’s Conception of an International “We”......Page 164
8. The Power of Particularities:Gender and Nation in thePhenomenology of Spirit and the Philosophy of Right......Page 186
9. The Return of Africa:Hegel and the Question of the Racial Identity of the Egyptians......Page 210
Part 4. Identity and Difference in the Philosophy of Right......Page 226
10. Identity and Difference in Hegel’s Model of Ethical Normativity......Page 228
11. Political Identity and the Dynamics of Accountability in Hegel’s Philosophy of Right: Patriotism and Trust in the Modern State......Page 242
12. Substantial Freedom as Identity of Rights and Duties......Page 262
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS......Page 286
B......Page 290
D......Page 291
F......Page 292
I......Page 293
M......Page 294
P......Page 295
S......Page 296
V......Page 297
Z......Page 298