The Spirit and Its Letter : : Traces of Rhetoric in Hegel's Philosophy of Bildung / / John H. Smith.

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• VerfasserIn: Smith, John H.,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019]; ©1988
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (320 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; On Prefacing: The Prediscourse (Vorrede) of the Phenomenology --; Introduction: Representation, Rhetoric, Bildung --; CHAPTER 1. Hegel's Rhetorical Bildung in the Stuttgart Gymnasium Illustre --; CHAPTER 2. The Theological Manuscripts: Allegories and Hermeneutics of Bildung --; CHAPTER 3. The Dialectics of Kritik and the Bildung of Philosophy in the Jena Essays --; CHAPTER 4. The Representation of Bildung and the Bildung of Representation in the Phenomenology of Spirit --; CHAPTER 5. Propedeutics of Philosophy --; Index of Latin Rhetorical Terms --; General Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781501746277; 9783110536171
• DOI: 10.7591/9781501746277
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: John H. Smith.

In this book, John H. Smith investigates the influences of classical and humanistic rhetoric on Hegel's theory and practice of philosophical representation. Smith focuses on Hegel's concept of Bildung (roughly, education, development, or formation), which occupies a central position in his philosophy. Using an interdisciplinary approach, the author demonstrates that Hegel's philosophy of Bildung depends on his own Bildung as a writer of philosophy-a formative education that followed the principles of traditional rhetorical systems. In addition, Smith provides an analysis of each stage of Hegel's philosophy in terms of a different rhetorical strategy that he finds governing Hegel's writing. By examining how rhetoric enters into the formation of Hegel's anti-rhetorical dialectics, Smith reveals the origins of numerous contradictory strategies in Hegel's thought.The first book in any language to explore the rhetorical background of Hegel's philosophy, The Spirit and Its Letter addresses issues at the intersection of contemporary literary theory, philosophy, rhetoric, and intellectual history.