Self-Consciousness and the Critique of the Subject

Simon Lumsden

Simon Lumsden

Self-Consciousness and the Critique of the Subject

Hegel, Heidegger, and the Poststructuralists

Columbia University Press | 2014

https://doi.org/10.7312/lums16822

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Revisiting the philosopher’s key texts, Lumsden calls attention to Hegel’s reformulation of liberal and Cartesian conceptions of subjectivity, identifying a critical though unrecognized continuity between poststructuralism and German idealism

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Simon Lumsden is senior lecturer in philosophy at the University of New South Wales, Sydney. He is recipient of fellowships from the DAAD and the Australian Research Council and has published widely on German idealism, phenomenology, and poststructuralism.

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Daniel W. Smith, Purdue University:
The great strength of Simon Lumsden's analysis is that it straddles a number of different philosophical worlds. Though writing from a largely Hegelian perspective, Lumsden has the audacity to wander about in other fields and consider other figures—that is, to venture outside the confines of his academic territory. Self-Consciousness and the Critique of the Subject is a highly disciplined work. It focuses on the status of the subject in the five philosophers that it analyzes and brings those thinkers into a confrontation with each other in a way that charts a new path for our understanding of German idealism and poststructuralism.

Paul Redding, University of Sydney:
Self-Consciousness and the Critique of the Subject addresses a topic that, while familiar within the tradition of continental philosophy, is rarely addressed with the focus and clarity found here. Simon Lumsden has his own distinctive way of bringing Hegel to life, with Hegel's views insightfully presented in a readily understandable way in clear prose uncluttered by 'Hegelese.'

Frontmatter Free access PDF PDF	i
Contents Free access PDF PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	xi
Abbreviations Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	xv
Introduction Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	1
1. The Metaphysics of Presence and the Worldless Subject Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	25
2. Fichte’s Striving Subject Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	38
3. Hegel Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	66
4. Heidegger, Care, and Selfhood Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	110
5. Derrida and the Question of Subjectivity Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	138
6. The Dialectic and Transcendental Empiricism Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	177
Conclusion Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	217
Notes Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	223
Bibliography Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	245
Index Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	255

Self-Consciousness and the Critique of the Subject

Hegel, Heidegger, and the Poststructuralists

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