Tragedy in Hegel's Early Theological Writings

Tragedy in Hegel's Early Theological Writings
ISBN-10
0253012619
ISBN-13
9780253012616
Category
Religion
Pages
262
Language
English
Published
2014-05-05
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Author
Peter Wake

Description

Tragedy plays a central role in Hegel's early writings on theology and politics. Hegel's overarching aim in these texts is to determine the kind of mythology that would best complement religious and political freedom in modernity. Peter Wake claims that, for Hegel at this early stage, ancient Greek tragedy provided the model for such a mythology and suggested a way to oppose the rigid hierarchies and authoritarianism that characterized Europe of his day. Wake follows Hegel as he develops his idea of the essence of Christianity and its relation to the distinctly tragic expression of beauty found in Greek mythology.

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