https://forum.hegelforum.com/categories/11/owl-of-minerva-hegel-society-of-america/feed.rss Sun, 07 Jun 2026 01:26:35 Z Owl of Minerva (Hegel Society of America) - Hegel Forum en https://forum.hegelforum.com/discussion/11/hegels-anthropology-and-the-unnatural-birth-of-spirit-david-ciavatta Sun, 25 May 2025 20:48:31 Z Hegel Forum 11@/discussions Hegel’s Anthropology and the Unnatural Birth of Spirit David Ciavatta Owl of Minerva, August 31, 2024 Hegel’s Anthropology focuses on the transition from nature to spirit. Here spirit is thought at once as continuous with nature and as arising out of it, as well as a departure from and negation of... https://forum.hegelforum.com/discussion/10/hegel-on-the-anthropological-determination-of-the-soul-kevin-thompson Sun, 25 May 2025 20:47:17 Z Hegel Forum 10@/discussions Hegel on the Anthropological Determination of the Soul: Hylomorphism, the Universal Immateriality of Nature, and Self-Feeling Kevin Thompson Owl of Minerva, August 29, 2024 This essay explores two key elements in Allegra de Laurentiis’s book Hegel’s Anthropology: Life, Psyche, and Second Nature.... https://forum.hegelforum.com/discussion/9/hegels-dialectics-of-digestion-excretion-and-animal-subjectivity-jeffrey-reid Sun, 25 May 2025 20:45:27 Z Hegel Forum 9@/discussions Hegel's Dialectics of Digestion, Excretion, and Animal Subjectivity Jeffrey Reid Owl of Minerva, February 4, 2023 In the Philosophy of Nature, Hegel describes at length and in detail the particular workings of animal digestion and excretion, referring to the empirical research of his day... https://forum.hegelforum.com/discussion/8/the-wasteland-and-the-ancient-city-john-karas Sun, 25 May 2025 20:44:10 Z Hegel Forum 8@/discussions The Wasteland and the Ancient City: Historical Materials and the Interpretation of Hegel’s Logic Owl of Minerva, January 21, 2023 Although it is a common trope that Hegel’s philosophy marks a seminal shift in the historical orientation of philosophical thought in general, some of the historical... https://forum.hegelforum.com/discussion/7/hegels-account-of-the-chinese-religion-jon-stewart Sun, 25 May 2025 20:42:36 Z Hegel Forum 7@/discussions Hegel’s Account of the Chinese Religion: Interpretative Challenges Jon Stewart Owl of Minerva, December 21, 2022 This article responds to Andrew Komasinski’s “History and Philosophical Method: Hegel, Stewart, and Chinese Religion,” which provides a valuable discussion of my book, Hegel’s... https://forum.hegelforum.com/discussion/6/history-and-philosophical-method-andrew-komasinski Sun, 25 May 2025 20:40:43 Z Hegel Forum 6@/discussions Andrew Komasinski History and Philosophical Method: Hegel, Stewart, and Chinese Religion Owl of Minerva, December 17, 2022 Here, I consider three issues in Jon Stewart’s Hegel’s Interpretation of the Religions of the World chapter on Hegel’s treatment of Chinese religions in the Lectures on the... https://forum.hegelforum.com/discussion/5/the-significance-of-the-determinate-religions-jon-stewart Sun, 25 May 2025 20:38:06 Z Hegel Forum 5@/discussions The Significance of the Determinate Religions Jon Stewart Owl of Minerva, July 21, 2021 My book, Hegel's Interpretation of the Religions of the World: The Logic of the Gods, represents many years of research. I was motivated to undertake the project for two main reasons. First, it struck me that... https://forum.hegelforum.com/discussion/4/force-and-power-in-hegels-anthropology-sebastian-rand Sun, 25 May 2025 20:33:14 Z Hegel Forum 4@/discussions Force and Power in Hegel’s Anthropology Sebastian Rand Owl of Minerva, October 31, 2024 This essay challenges Allegra de Laurentiis’s characterization of Hegel’s philosophy of nature as involving a polar, oppositional force-metaphysics. I begin by showing the centrality of such a force-metaphysics... https://forum.hegelforum.com/discussion/3/divine-foolishness-and-the-wisdom-of-the-world-nicholas-mowad Sun, 25 May 2025 20:27:22 Z Hegel Forum 3@/discussions Divine Foolishness and the Wisdom of the World: The Complex Relation Between Madness and Religion in Hegel’s Philosophy of Spirit Nicholas Mowad Owl of Minerva, February 22, 2025 In Hegel’s Anthropology: Life, Psyche, and Second Nature, Allegra de Laurentiis develops a masterful and incisive...