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On Immanent Critique in Hegel’s Phenomenology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 June 2018

Michael A. Becker
Michael A. Becker*
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New School for Social Research, USAmabeck01@gmail.com
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Abstract

I begin by identifying an ambiguity in the post-Hegelian literature on Immanent Critique, distinguishing two possible definitions: (a) judging an object against its ‘internal’ norms; and (b) accounting for one’s own standpoint with reference to the object. I then claim that both definitions are represented in Hegel’s Phenomenology, and develop extended interpretations of material from the Introduction in order to clarify and substantiate this thesis. This yields revisionist readings of the famous ‘internal criteria’ and ‘self examination’ tropes. My discussion builds towards elucidating the relation between the two definitions of Immanent Critique I have distinguished, as it is developed in the Phenomenology.

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Hegel Bulletin , Volume 41 , Issue 2 , August 2020 , pp. 224 - 246
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Copyright © The Hegel Society of Great Britain 2018

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