Over the last decade there has been renewed interest in Hegel's thought and its importance for contemporary philosophy. Hegel: New Directions presents an assessment of current thinking on this seminal philosopher. Leading scholars discuss the current re-evaluation of Hegel's thought in terms of the history of philosophy and in relation to contemporary philosophical questions. Drawing on a broad range of themes, the essays offer a critical and stimulating guide to Hegel's thought while also addressing central questions of contemporary philosophy in epistemology, ethics, political and social...

Katerina Deligiorgi interprets Kant's conception of enlightenment within the broader philosophical project of his critique of reason. Analyzing a broad range of Kant's works, including his Critique of Pure Reason, the Critique of Judgment, his lectures on anthropology and logic, as well as his shorter essays, she identifies the theoretical and practical commitments that show the achievement of rational autonomy as an ongoing project for the realization of a culture of enlightenment. Deligiorgi also considers Kant's ideas in relation to the work of Diderot, Rousseau, Mendelssohn, Reinhold,...

Katerina Deligiorgi offers a contemporary defense of autonomy that is Kantian in orientation but which engages closely with recent arguments about agency, morality, and practical reasoning. Autonomy is a key concept in contemporary moral philosophy with deep roots in the history of the subject. However, there is still no agreed view about the correct way to formulate an account of autonomy that adequately captures both our capacity for self-determination and our responsiveness to reasons.
The theory defended in The Scope of Autonomy is distinctive in two respects. First, whereas autonomy...