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					<P><NOBR><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="ARIAL,GENEVA,HELVETICA"> Jhanvi asked: </FONT></NOBR></P>
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					<P ALIGN=justify><NOBR><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="ARIAL,GENEVA,HELVETICA"> I have completely fallen in love with Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit.<I> I spend hours deriving<BR>
					conclusions and re reading it. I wanted some references to judge and guide me thorough his<BR>
					phenomenology and other works.</I></FONT></NOBR></P>
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					<P><NOBR><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="ARIAL,GENEVA,HELVETICA"> ============</FONT></NOBR></P>
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					<P ALIGN=left><NOBR><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="ARIAL,GENEVA,HELVETICA"> I have dipped into this book off and on for 30 years (apart from reading it through three or four times),<BR>
					but I think it can never be useless or unprofitable to consult on occasion a well-written and<BR>
					thoughtfully planned guide to basics. Very important in the beginning to steer clear of contentious<BR>
					issues and unorthodox points of view; and in approaching a thinker as difficult as Hegel, nothing is<BR>
					more important than to grasp what he actually says before you get into "deep" thoughts about<BR>
					ramifications.</FONT></NOBR></P>
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					<P ALIGN=left><NOBR><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="ARIAL,GENEVA,HELVETICA"> It so happens that just these last six months, I read the <I>Phenomenology</I><IMG SRC="imgs/spacer.gif" HEIGHT=2 WIDTH=4 ALT="">again, side by side with a<BR>
					half dozen critical guides, and now I hear you "have fallen in love" with it. Let me tell you that this is<BR>
					one love likely to abide!</FONT></NOBR></P>
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					<P ALIGN=left><NOBR><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="ARIAL,GENEVA,HELVETICA"> So what can I recommend to you to assist you in your mind adventure? I think the very best book on<BR>
					Hegel for a first-time reader is John Findlay's <I>Hegel: A Re-examination,</I><IMG SRC="imgs/spacer.gif" HEIGHT=2 WIDTH=4 ALT="">very old and possibly only<BR>
					available through libraries nowadays, but with large chapters on the <IMG SRC="imgs/spacer.gif" HEIGHT=2 WIDTH=1 ALT=""><I>Phenomenology</I><IMG SRC="imgs/spacer.gif" HEIGHT=2 WIDTH=3 ALT="">and the <IMG SRC="imgs/spacer.gif" HEIGHT=2 WIDTH=1 ALT=""><I>Logic<BR>
					</I>and altogether one of the finest secondary texts on any philosopher you're ever likely to come across.<BR>
					Robert Stern's book on the <IMG SRC="imgs/spacer.gif" HEIGHT=2 WIDTH=1 ALT=""><I>Phenomenology</I><IMG SRC="imgs/spacer.gif" HEIGHT=2 WIDTH=3 ALT="">in the Routledge Guides is also very good; it takes you<BR>
					chapter by chapter and in sequence through Hegel's text. These two are, I think, indispensable.</FONT></NOBR></P>
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					<P ALIGN=left><NOBR><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="ARIAL,GENEVA,HELVETICA"> On the second tier you find a very brilliant and insightful essay by Georg Lukacs, which forms part of<BR>
					his book <I>The Young Hegel.</I><IMG SRC="imgs/spacer.gif" HEIGHT=2 WIDTH=4 ALT="">I can't give you references (mine are in German); but I'm sure it'll be easy<BR>
					to find an English reference. What is so valuable about this essay is that it illuminates the structure of<BR>
					the <I>Phenomenology</I><IMG SRC="imgs/spacer.gif" HEIGHT=2 WIDTH=4 ALT="">as well as the historical presuppositions. These are not easy to grasp without a<BR>
					knowledgeable guide. Then there is Adorno's <I>Three Essays on Hegel,</I><IMG SRC="imgs/spacer.gif" HEIGHT=2 WIDTH=3 ALT="">in which a sentence occurs<BR>
					that I've memorised, because it says something important about how one should approach<BR>
					philosophy, namely as a discussion and debate: "They are not the worst readers of Hegel who<BR>
					scribble their notes of protest in the very margins of his text"! The chapter in which this occurs is one<BR>
					entitled, "How to read Hegel", and this is surely an essential topic for anyone afraid of breaking their<BR>
					jaws when silently mouthing every word so as not to miss a single nuance.</FONT></NOBR></P>
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					<P ALIGN=left><NOBR><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="ARIAL,GENEVA,HELVETICA"> That's as far as I'm prepared to go, because the secondary literature on Hegel is vast and you could<BR>
					spend a lifetime reading nothing else. But it is better, I think, to study Hegel's works with one or two<BR>
					sound guides (as above) and then decide whether you want to branch out.</FONT></NOBR></P>
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					<P ALIGN=left><NOBR><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="ARIAL,GENEVA,HELVETICA"> It's not superfluous to mention that Hegel is also the object of an unusually extensive crop of vitriolic,<BR>
					and if you're scouting for something to read I would strongly recommend to you to stay away from<BR>
					anything that has the faintest whiff of argumentativeness about it &#8212; at least until you've acquired<BR>
					good familiarity with the subject. I will single out one book, Popper's <I>The Open Society and its<BR>
					Enemies,</I><IMG SRC="imgs/spacer.gif" HEIGHT=2 WIDTH=3 ALT="">which was heavily criticised for its biased and totally unfair (and ill-informed) assessment of<BR>
					Hegel when it was first published; meanwhile Popper has become something of an icon and people<BR>
					are ready to overlook his vindictiveness. I think it's inexcusable myself. Be that as it may, these are<BR>
					the sorts of texts that presuppose a wide reading before you can assess whether or not there is<BR>
					something for you to learn in them.</FONT></NOBR></P>
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					<P><NOBR><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="ARIAL,GENEVA,HELVETICA"> J&#252;rgen Lawrenz</FONT></NOBR></P>
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					<P><NOBR><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="ARIAL,GENEVA,HELVETICA"> Sydney</FONT></NOBR></P>
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					<P><NOBR><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="ARIAL,GENEVA,HELVETICA"> Try these: Taylor, Charles (2000) <I>Hegel.</I><IMG SRC="imgs/spacer.gif" HEIGHT=2 WIDTH=4 ALT="">Cambridge Univ Press;</FONT></NOBR></P>
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					<P><NOBR><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="ARIAL,GENEVA,HELVETICA"> Taylor, Charles (1979) <IMG SRC="imgs/spacer.gif" HEIGHT=2 WIDTH=1 ALT=""><I>Hegel and Modern Society.</I><IMG SRC="imgs/spacer.gif" HEIGHT=2 WIDTH=3 ALT="">Cambridge Univ Press.</FONT></NOBR></P>
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					<P><NOBR><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="ARIAL,GENEVA,HELVETICA"> Steven Ravett Brown</FONT></NOBR></P>
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