"If our situation is marked by the fact that an order seems to continue that has long since begun to disintegrate, then Hegel is the thinker of the present. He is not the guardian of this order, which the current liberal, pragmatist reading makes him out to be. Instead, he thinks of what dissolves it from within. Reading Hegel shows what the true Hegelian presence is."Christoph Menke, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main"The authors take a firm stance against all attempts to normalize or domesticate Hegel - what they find most inspiring in him is precisely what is usually seen as his most problematic points: the notion of absolute knowing, his philosophy of nature, his advocacy of the state, his take on religion. In what appears outrageous in Hegel, they find the formidable thinker of the future."Mladen Dolar, University of Ljubljana
Notes on the textIntroduction1. Hegel: The Spirit of Distrust2. Hegel on the Rocks: Remarks on Hegel's Concept of Nature3. The Future of the AbsoluteNotesIndex
Slavoj ?i?ek is Professor at the Institute of Sociology, Ljubljana, Slovenia.Frank Ruda is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Dundee and Professor at the European Graduate School.Agon Hamza is Assistant Professor of philosophy at ISSHS, Skopje.