From Library Journal
This outgrowth of Yamin's doctoral dissertation analyzes the philosophical relationship between Hegel and the German theologian and social scientist Ernst Troeltsch (1865-1923). Though strongly influenced by Hegel, particularly in regard to the question of the place of humans in time and history, Troeltsch was also strongly critical of Hegel, particularly of the relationship between the Absolute and history and of Hegel's failure to recognize the essential contingency of historical objects. Furthermore, notes Yamin, Troeltsch felt Hegel's "claim concerning the identity of the finite and the Infinite in all historical objects was essentially self-defeating." Although Troeltsch's major works, including Christian Thought: Its History and Application , The Absoluteness of Christianity , and History of Religions , are available in English, he is still unfamiliar to many philosophers and theologians. Yamin's work sheds new light on both Hegel and one of his important critics. Recommended for academic collections.
- Terry Skeats, Bishop's Univ. Lib., Lennoxville, Quebec
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- Terry Skeats, Bishop's Univ. Lib., Lennoxville, Quebec
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
