In Hegel’s hands, psychology, as a philosophical science, becomes ‘a philosophy of mind sui generis’ (xi) with a particular focus on ‘the living activity of spirit’ (xii). This brief description gives a glimpse of the complexity and conceptual stratification of Hegel’s treatment of psychology. This complexity is rooted in his notion of Geist and may be one of the reasons why this part of Hegel’s system—which concludes the Encyclopaedia section dedicated to the Philosophy of Subjective Spirit— has been largely unexplored until fairly recently. Susanne Herrmann-Sinai and Lucia Ziglioli aim to correct this shortcoming with their collection Hegel’s Philosophical Psychology. The edited volume has two principal goals. 1) It seeks to explain the ways in which Hegel’s psychology is used to unfold key aspects of his complex conception of Geist. In this particular respect, psychology is thereby presented as a pivotal part of Hegel’s system: it allows us to understand the systematic connection between the Logic and the Realphilosophie. Hegel’s psychology also provides ‘the essential link between the self-conscious spirit [...] and a manifestation of spirit in social practices and the institutions of a just state’ (xiv), where the underlying theme is the progressive realization of freedom. 2) It seeks to emphasize the continued relevance of Hegel’s psychology for contemporary systematic discussions of mind and subjectivity, not least because Hegel’s psychology, crucially, contains discursive resources and strategies that can help rearticulate contemporary problems concerning, for instance, the constitution of perceptual experience, the nature of intentional action, free will, epistemological realism and cognitivism, the emergence of mind and the origin of language. The volume comprises fourteen contributions and is divided into four parts.
Susanne Herrmann-Sinai and Lucia Ziglioli (eds.). Hegel’s Philosophical Psychology. Second edition. Abingdon and New York: Routledge, 2018. ISBN: 978-0-367-14415-9 (pbk); ISBN 978-1-138-92736-0 (hbk). Pp. 285. £38.99.
Giovanna Miolli
2020
Abstract
In Hegel’s hands, psychology, as a philosophical science, becomes ‘a philosophy of mind sui generis’ (xi) with a particular focus on ‘the living activity of spirit’ (xii). This brief description gives a glimpse of the complexity and conceptual stratification of Hegel’s treatment of psychology. This complexity is rooted in his notion of Geist and may be one of the reasons why this part of Hegel’s system—which concludes the Encyclopaedia section dedicated to the Philosophy of Subjective Spirit— has been largely unexplored until fairly recently. Susanne Herrmann-Sinai and Lucia Ziglioli aim to correct this shortcoming with their collection Hegel’s Philosophical Psychology. The edited volume has two principal goals. 1) It seeks to explain the ways in which Hegel’s psychology is used to unfold key aspects of his complex conception of Geist. In this particular respect, psychology is thereby presented as a pivotal part of Hegel’s system: it allows us to understand the systematic connection between the Logic and the Realphilosophie. Hegel’s psychology also provides ‘the essential link between the self-conscious spirit [...] and a manifestation of spirit in social practices and the institutions of a just state’ (xiv), where the underlying theme is the progressive realization of freedom. 2) It seeks to emphasize the continued relevance of Hegel’s psychology for contemporary systematic discussions of mind and subjectivity, not least because Hegel’s psychology, crucially, contains discursive resources and strategies that can help rearticulate contemporary problems concerning, for instance, the constitution of perceptual experience, the nature of intentional action, free will, epistemological realism and cognitivism, the emergence of mind and the origin of language. The volume comprises fourteen contributions and is divided into four parts.
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