HEGELS PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY

FALL 2011
Location: Kresge 2-345
Time: Tuesdays 1pm-3:50pm
Professor: ar! A"#nauer
$%ice: &ro'e 3-1()
$%ice *ours: +ed, 11am-1pm
&LA-- ./-&01PT1$2: T3is course 'i"" in4o"4e a c"ose reading of
*ege"5s Philosophy of World History, *ege"5s "ectures on 3istory6
a"t3oug3 t3ey 3a4e a"'ays 7een among t3e most popu"ar of 3is
'ritings6 'ere ne4er pu7"is3ed during 3is "ifetime, 8nti" no'6 /ng"is3
readers 3a4e 3ad to ma!e do 'it3 a poor"y trans"ated compi"ation of
3is "ectures, T3is summer6 3o'e4er6 a ne' trans"ation of *ege"5s
manuscript of t3e "ectures of 1922-23 :trans, ;ro'n and *odgson<
'as =na""y pu7"is3ed, T3is ne' edition 'i"" ser4e as our te>t,
*ege"5s "ectures 3a4e "arge"y 7een read as t3e great e>amp"e of an
o7so"ete p3i"osop3ic genre: 8ni4ersa" *istory, uc3 of t3e focus of
t3is 'or! 3as 7een on t3e introduction6 particu"ar"y on *ege"5s
re?ections on 3is p3i"osop3ic met3odo"ogy, 1n t3is c"ass6 3o'e4er6 'e
'i"" read t3e "ectures as t3e ra' materia"s from '3ic3 one mig3t
piece toget3er *ege"5s socia" t3eory, Topics co4ered 'i"" inc"ude
4a"ue c3ange6 t3e re"ation of action and socia" structure6
rationa"i#ation as a socia" process6 t3e e4o"ution of re"igion6 t3e
formation of states6 and immanent criti@ue,
L/A0212A $;B/&T1C/-: To understand t3e met3odo"ogy and
su7stance of *ege"5s approac3 to 3istory 'it3 particu"ar attention to
its re"e4ance to mora"6 po"itica" and socia" t3eory,

T/A&*12A /T*$.: -eminar,
/CAL8AT1$2 /T*$.: $ne presentation during t3e @uarter and
one "ong term paper6 around 15 pages :and no more t3an 20< due
e>act"y one 'ee! from t3e "ast day of c"ass at 5pm, 1t s3ou"d 7e sent
to m-a"#nauerDnort3'estern,edu, T3is paper s3ou"d 7e dou7"e-
spaced and in a standard font, Participation in discussion is a"so
encouraged and e>pected,
0/A.12A L1-T:
0e@uired:
LECTURES ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF WORLD HISTORY
C$L8/ 1: A28-&01PT- $F T*/ 12T0$.8&T1$2 A2.
T*/ L/&T80/- $F 1922-23
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/d, And Trans, 0o7ert F, ;ro'n and Peter *odgson
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LECTURES ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF WORLD HISTORY
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Trans, *, ;, 2is7et
&am7ridge 8ni4ersity Press6 1E)5
Aerman 4ersions :optiona"<:
VORLESUNGEN ER DIE PHILOSOPHIE DER
WELTGESCHICHTE! ERLIN "#$$%$&
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/d, K, *, 1"ting6 K, ;re3mer6 *, 2, -ee"man
Fe"i> einer Cer"ag6 1EE(, :E)9-3)9)310043<
DIE VERNUNFT IN GESCHICHTE
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/d, Bo3annes *o%meister
Fe"i> einer Cer"ag6 1E55
2ota7"e discussions 7y ot3er maGor p3i"osop3ers:
-, Kier!egaard6 Co'(l)di'* U's(i+'ti,( Posts(ript6 Part 116
-ection 116 &3, 1
;, &roce6 Wh-t is Li.i'* -'d Wh-t is D+-d i' th+ Philosophy of
H+*+l/
T, Adorno6 N+*-ti.+ Di-l+(ti(s6 pp, 300-3(0
*, arcuse6 R+-so' -'d R+.ol)tio'6 Part 16 &3apters C1 and C11,
*, +3ite6 0+t-history6 pp, 91-133,
L, Ferry6 Politi(-l Philosophy $1 Th+ Syst+2 of Philosophi+s of
History6 pp, 35-(0,
2ota7"e secondary "iterature in /ng"is3 :7oo!s<:
Aeorge .ennis $5;rien6 H+*+l o' R+-so' -'d History
Bosep3 c&arney6 H+*+l o' History
&3ar"es Tay"or6 H+*+l! esp, &3, HC
-tep3en *ou"gate6 Fr++do2! Tr)th! -'d History6 esp, &3, 1
-3"omo A4ineri6 H+*+l3s Th+ory of - 0od+r' St-t+,
A""an +ood6 H+*+l3s Ethi(-l Tho)*ht6 esp, &3, 13,
;, T, +i"!ins6 H+*+l3s Philosophy of History
ore speci=c resources:
A,+,F, *ege"Is concept of 1ndian p3i"osop3y
;y 1gnatius Ciyagappa
Schedule (note that the indented readings are all
supplementar and in no !a re"uired#$
1, I'trod)(tio'1 R+-so' i' History6 pp, 11-44
A"so see El+2+'ts of th+ Philosophy of Ri*ht6 JJ341-3(0
And Philosophy of 0i'd6 JJ549-552
2, I'trod)(tio'1 R+-so' i' History6 pp, 44-E3
3, I'trod)(tio'1 R+-so' i' History6 pp, E3-151
A"so see I'trod)(tio'1 R+-so' i' History6 pp, 152-20E
4, T3e $rienta" +or"d: &3ina6 pp, 211-250
A"so see L+(t)r+s o' th+ Philosophy of R+li*io'6 Co", 11 :$>ford6
200)< pp, 2EE-315
5, T3e $rienta" +or"d: 1ndia6 pp, 251-303
A"so see L+(t)r+s o' th+ Philosophy of R+li*io'6 Co", 11 :$>ford6
200)< pp, 31(-351
(, T3e $rienta" +or"d: Persia and /gypt6 pp, 304-3)0
A"so see L+(t)r+s o' th+ Philosophy of R+li*io'6 Co", 11 :$>ford6
200)< pp, 352-390
), T3e Aree! +or"d6 pp, 3)1-425,
A"so see L+(t)r+s o' th+ Philosophy of R+li*io'6 Co", 11 :$>ford6
200)< pp, 455-4E)
9, T3e 0oman +or"d6 pp, 42(-4(0
A"so see L+(t)r+s o' th+ Philosophy of R+li*io'6 Co", 11 :$>ford6
200)< pp, 4E9-512
E, T3e Aermanic +or"d: T3e idd"e Ages6 pp, 4(1-4EE
A"so see L+(t)r+s o' th+ Philosophy of R+li*io'6 Co", 111 :$>ford6
200)< pp, 1(3-)3
10, T3e Aermanic +or"d: odernity6 pp, 500-522 and 3andout from
t3e 192)-31 "ectures :7"ac!7oard<,