Hegel, Love and Forgiveness Positive Recognition in German Idealism [Hardcover]

This study offers a new interpretation of Hegelian recognition focusing on positive ethical behaviours, such as love and forgiveness. Building on the work of Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre, Disley reassesses Hegels work on the subject/object dialectic and explores the previously neglected theological dimensions of his work.

Introduction  1. The Social Self and the Master-Slave Dialectic  2. The Self of Self-Consciousness: Ethical Concepts, Metaphysical Frameworks  3. Intersubjectivity, Monistic Ontology and the Social World  4. Ambiguity and the Ontologically Split Self  5. Forgiveness: Confrontation, Metanoia and the Freedom of the Other  6. Love: Ethical Partnership and the Self in the Other  Conclusion