The Owl at Dawn: A Sequel to Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit (SUNY (Suny Series in Radical Social and Political Theory) [Paperback]

Andrew Cutrofello (Author)

Book Description

Series: Suny Series in Radical Social and Political Theory | Publication Date: August 3, 1995

The Owl at Dawn is a continuation of the narrative of Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit. Where Hegel's narrative ends with the apotheosis of 'absolute knowing', Cutrofello begins with the collapse of this very standpoint. He then develops a continuation of the dialectical movements that lead from the rift between the certainty and truth of absolute knowing, through every major post-Hegelian philosophical position, to a point that represents an original reconception of the telos of dialectical phenomenology. As the narrative progresses, it becomes clear that two general movements were necessary to supplement the Hegelian story: a working out of gender-theoretic issues and the deconstruction of all truth claims. The result, which Cutrofello calls a &Nietzschean Satyagraha', is an original epistemic and ethical starting point for a systematic philosophy of praxis. Analytic philosophers, continental philosophers, gender theorists, sociologists, and psychoanalytic theorists will all find the major theoretical positions of their disciplines presented and critiqued in this bold philosophical thought experiment.

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About the Author

Andrew Cutrofello is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Loyola University of Chicago. He is the author of Discipline and Critique: Kant, Poststructuralism, and the Problem of Resistance, also published by SUNY Press.

Product Details

• Paperback: 214 pages
• Publisher: State University of New York Press (August 3, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0791425843
• ISBN-13: 978-0791425848
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.3 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,635,481 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)