Introduction to the Reading of Hegel

Lectures on the "Phenomenology of Spirit" "This collection of Kojeve's thoughts about Hegel constitutes one of the few important philosophical books of the twentieth centurya book, knowledge of which is requisite to the full awareness of our situation and to the grasp of the most modern perspective on the eternal questions of philosophy."Allan Bloom (from the Introduction) During the years 19331939, the Russian-born and German-educated Marxist political philosopher Alexandre Kojve (19021968) brilliantly explicatedthrough a series of lecturesthe philosophy of Hegel as it was developed in the Phenomenology of Spirit. This collection of lecturesoriginally compiled by Raymond Queneau and edited for its English-language translation by Allan Bloomshows the intensity of Kojve's study and thought and the depth of his insight into Hegel's Phenomenology. More importantfor Kojve was above all a philosopher and not an ideologuethis profound and venturesome work on Hegel will expose the readers to the excitement of discovering a great mind in all its force and power.