The antropological interpretation of the Phenomenology of the Spirit: contributions and problems

Authors

  • Luis Mariano De la Maza Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Abstract

This article refers on a kind of interpretation of Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit that has in Alexandre Kojève his more known and influential exponent. She favoured the anthropologic-existential and historical-political aspects over the logical-systematic aspects of the work. The exposition is divided in two parts. The first one is dedicated to Hegel’s reading realized by Kojève in his famous course dictated between 1933-1939 in the École Practique des Hautes Études of Paris, and the second one deals with his contribution to five philosophers directly influenced by this interpretation. It concludes with a brief evaluation of these readings.

Keywords:

Phenomenology of Spirit, Recognition, End of History, Religion, Absolute knowledge, Hegel, Kojève, Hyppolite, Bataille, Sartre, Weil, Fukuyama