Hegel's Philosophy and Feminist Thought

Although Hegel and feminism seem an unlikely couple, Hegelian philosophy played a prominent part in the thinking of groundbreaking feminist philosophers from Simone de Beauvoir to Luce Irigaray. This book offers a new generation of feminist readings of Hegel from leading scholars in the both fields. Through close readings and innovative arguments, this book makes a significant contribution to the debate on gender and provides insight into philosophical method.

Introduction: Reading Hegel; K. Hutchings & T. Pulkkinen PART I: FEMINIST ENCOUNTERS WITH HEGEL Differing Spirits: Reflections on Hegelian Inspiration in Feminist Theory; T. Pulkkinen Queering Hegel: Three Incisions; J. Hodge Antigone's Liminality: Hegel's Racial Purification of Tragedy and the Naturalization of Slavery; T. Chanter Knowing Thyself: Hegel, Feminism, and an Ethics of Heteronomy; K. Hutchings Longing for Recognition; J. Butler PART II: RE-READING HEGEL'S METHOD Beyond Tragedy: Tracing the Aristophanian Subtext of Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit ; K. de Boer Reading the Same Twice Over: The Place of the Feminine in the Time of Hegelian Spirit; R. Efrat Levkovich Womanlife or Lifework and Psychotechnique: Woman as the Figure of the Plasticity of Transcendence; S. Lindberg The Gender of Spirit: Hegel's Moves and Strategies; L. Werner Matter and Form: Hegel's Organicism and the Difference between Women and Men; A. Stone Debating Hegel's Legacy for Contemporary Feminist Politics; N. Bauer, K. Hutchings, T. Pulkkinen & A. Stone