A leading scholar of Continental philosophy, Rahel Jaeggi reads key concepts of Hegelian-Marxist social philosophy through the lens of contemporary German and Anglo-American thinkers. This thorough introduction to her work assesses and critiques her efforts to revitalize critical theory.

The author of numerous works in social and political philosophy, Jaeggi reclaims key categories in the lexicon of Left Hegelian thought and applies them to a significant source of inspiration for her work: phenomenology. In engaging with her substantive corpus, the contributors to this volume grapple...