Brandom, Robert B.
Spirit of Trust - A Reading of Hegel's Phenomenology
- ISBN 13:
- 9780674976818
- author:
- Brandom, Robert B.
- format:
- Hardcover
- publisher:
- Unbranded
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2019
- Pages:
- 768
- Dimensions:
- 156mm X 235mm
- Genre:
- Nonfiction,Philosophy, History & Surveys,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Robert B. Brandom presents a completely new retelling of Hegel's classic work, The Phenomenology of Spirit, in this landmark contribution to philosophy. A Spirit of Trust explores the massive historical shift that constitutes the advent of modernity and challenges dominant modes of thought in contemporary philosophy. Hegel's approach posits an objective reality, but one that cannot be understood without first making sense of how we think about it. According to Hegel, we become agents only when taken as such by other agents, and normative statuses are instituted by social practices of reciprocal recognition. Brandom argues that when our self-conscious recognitive attitudes take the radical form of magnanimity and trust, we can overcome a troubled modernity and enter a new age of spirit. This work connects analytic, continental, and historical traditions, offering a fresh perspective on the romantic rationalist adventure of ideas that is Hegel's The Phenomenology of Spirit.