"Hegels philosophy touches such topics as racism, sexism, colonialism, ableism, and capitalism, often in ways that are incongruent with modern views. Yet for philosopher Shannon Hoff, Hegels ideas can be particularly productive for us to engage with contemporary political discourse. In How to Read Hegel Now, Hoff gives readers better insight into Hegels philosophy, particularly his concept of freedom, and its value to us today. Reflecting on important social and political issues of our time, How to Read Hegel Now puts Hegels philosophy into dialogue with feminist, decolonial, anti-racist, anti-capitalist, and anti-ableist projects. Four key ideas from Hegels philosophy operate as cornerstones for thinking about human experience in this book: recognition, ethical life, materiality, and conscience. These ideas challenge our modern liberal worldview that centers individual freedom, showing how to be human is to be entangled with others. This entanglement results in a sense of accountability to imperatives that we experience as exceeding us. To illuminate these dimensions, Hoff brings in more recent thinkers of the structures of domination that operate in human experience: figures such as Frantz Fanon, Jessica Benjamin, Saba Mahmood, la paperson, Jean-Paul Sartre, Georges Canguilhem, and Rosemarie Garland-Thomson.

How to Read Hegel Now will give philosophers and newcomers to Hegel alike better insight into Hegels philosophy and give Hegels ideas a life beyond him"-- Provided by publisher.