An Introduction to Hegel: Freedom, Truth and History, Paperback

This classic introduction to one of the most influential modern thinkers, G.W.F. Hegel (1770-1831) has been made even more comprehensive through the addition of four new chapters.

• New edition of a classic introduction to Hegel.
  
• Enables students to engage with many aspects of Hegel's philosophy.
  
• Covers the whole range of Hegel's mature thought.
  
• Relates Hegel's ideas to other thinkers, such as Luther, Descartes and Kant.
  
• Offers a distinctive and challenging interpretation of Hegel's work.

Stephen Houlgate is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Warwick. He is the author of Hegel, Nietzsche and the Criticism of Metaphysics (1986) and the editor of Hegel and the Philosophy of Nature (1998) and The Hegel Reader (Blackwell, 1998). He was President of the Hegel Society of America from 1994 to 1996 and is currently editor of the Bulletin of the Hegel Society of Great Britain.