Defense Date

7-8-2024

Graduation Date

Summer 8-10-2024

Availability

One-year Embargo

Submission Type

dissertation

Degree Name

PhD

Department

Philosophy

School

McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts

Committee Chair

James Swindal

Committee Member

Patrick Miller

Committee Member

Adrian Johnston

Keywords

Hegel, death, sacrifice, absolute knowing, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Bataille, metaphysics, postmodernity, German Idealism

Abstract

A study of Hegelian logic in relation to postmodern thought, this essay investigates the limits and contemporary significance of Hegel’s concept of knowledge, both on its own terms and from the perspective of three of its most polemical critics: Søren Kierkegaard, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Georges Bataille. Of especial consequence in this study are the themes of individuality, desire, history, and death, insofar as Hegel’s critics judge him to have inadequately come to terms with—and to have even suppressed—the truth or fact of these realities, all of which are potentially fatal for his theory of the subject.

Language

English

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