Abstract

This ambitious biography weaves a huge quantity of information into a rich and suggestive account of Hegel’s life and thought. Within the genre of trade biography, Terry Pinkard tells a readable story of Hegel’s personal life, discusses the genesis and content of his major writings, analyzes his leading ideas, and evaluates his significance for intellectual history. Accomplishing all this within Pinkard’s own lifetime has required compromises - notably the neglect of the voluminous literature and the reliance on existing compilations and scholarship.