The Hegel Variations: On the Phenomenology of Spirit by Fredric Jameson (PDF)

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Master philosopher and cultural theorist tackles the founder of modern dialecticsIn this major new study, the philosopher and cultural theorist Fredric Jameson offers a new reading of Hegel’s foundational text Phenomenology of Spirit.In contrast to those who see the Phenomenology as a closed system ending with Absolute Spirit, Jameson’s reading presents an open work in which Hegel has not yet reconstituted himself in terms of a systematic philosophy (Hegelianism) and in which the moments of the dialectic and its levels have not yet been formalized. Hegel’s text executes a dazzling variety of changes on conceptual relationships, in terms with are never allowed to freeze over and become reified in purely philosophical named concepts. The ending, on the aftermath of the French Revolution, is interpreted by Jameson, contra Fukuyama’s “end of history,” as a provisional stalemate between the political and the social, which is here extrapolated to our own time.

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⭐This book combines some very interesting insights and claims about the Phenomenology of Spirit with a short, lucid format – lucid if one is used to Jameson’s long, sometimes baroque constructions. Despite its accessible length, the book can at times presuppose a surprising amount of familiarity with Hegel’s book and the literature on it. Other times, however, Jameson slowly introduces a commentator, key claims, vocabulary, etc. in ways that are very accessible. As a result, in many ways it is an uneven read when it comes to accessibility. Those familiar with Hegel and such commentators as Kojeve will find it pleasantly breezy, with every few pages providing a very rich nugget of food for thought on many fronts philosophical, cultural, historical, political, and of course, scholarly. If one is already familiar with Hegel, I would highly recommend this quick read for its interesting insights into a Hegel who does not believe in teleology – in an ultimate moment of history, but rather one committed to the dynamism of human rationality, as each failed attempt of common sense and its derivatives struggles to rebound. In many ways, Jameson seems to argue that it is this struggle to rebound, not some ultimately derivative form of common sense (which Jameson identifies with Verstand), that constitutes Absolute Knowing.

⭐Jameson does to Hegel, what the “liberation theologians” did to moltmann’s theology of hope. Therefore it is a very important book to read for any Hegelian scholar. This short book will take a slow and careful reading. Not a breeze, thankfully. Jameson is well read and has covered all the critical work on Hegel over the past 30 years. He uses the current language employed by today’s Hegelian academic circle. And he generates a few new “significant words” of his own as a contribution. The academic climate continues to change regarding Hegel, about every 10 years. You better read and assimilate this if you want to be on board the next 10 years.

⭐I had to put the book down for about one week so I could order Phenomenology of the Spirit, itself, and now I am back in. This book is cited in Zizek work and Jameson gives insights that frankly differ positively in a National Spirit sort of way. There is a certain calm, as an American, when reading Jameson – an American literary critic

⭐A great book, and a useful adjunct to reading the Phenomenology.

⭐The author considers the dialectical method by a general view as an important hypothesis of work. He doesn’t see the Hegel model as an hard structure, strong for its inner rigidity. Jameson retains all that an useful advantage for understanding aspects of our reallity. Particularly here the author considers decisive the contribute of Kojève for a general equilibrium of this theory.

⭐As the quality of the content is very good, just as expected, the bookbinding quality is appalling! When opening the book for the first time, two pages were detached from the binding and fell out, others followed in a true domino effect. The whole thing ended in a loose-leaf collection. This is not acceptable for a book for 20 Euros.

⭐It is impossible to conduct research on Hegel without Jameson’s book.

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