My Interest in G.W.F. Hegel's Philosophy - Philosophical Developments and Commitments

This more personal video discusses my interest in the works of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, foremost among which is the Phenomenology of Spirit. Although I would not describe myself as a "Hegelian", Hegel figured centrally in my graduate formation as a philosopher, and I continue not only to teach his thought but to apply portions of it in my own practice.

In the video, I discuss how I ended up getting into Hegel's thought, my intention at one time to write my dissertation on his work, and my recent Half Hour Hegel project.

Here are links to the pieces and matters referenced in this video:

[JonahInWales]

Hello Dr. Sadler, I am loving the Philosophical Developments and Commitments series you're doing. Incredibly helpful and so far you have been picking people I find greatly interesting myself, lucky me!
I'm going to send you a donation because I appreciate your work, keep it up.

[Byenia]

You so obviously are productively-oriented. ;) Can't see how you're not completely sick of everything related to Hegel by now. lol Frequently amazed by how you're able to keep up the momentum overall. Hope to eventually explore your series on him if I discover the energy to devote.

[pmeade]

Wm. James was the first philosopher who interested me, then Pascal and eventually Nietzche and on to Hagel, thanks to your work. Really great.

[kiwicfruit]

I enrolled to university to study Hegel but at the time of class my professor deleted Hegel from the course of 19th Century Philosophy class, hated him and said Hegel has nothing important to say as he is just repeating what his contemporaries have already said. So I found your lectures on Hegel here instead and it was a huge help so thank you for your work.

[Shevock]

Really happy to revisit this video of yours 5 years later. Now that I'm out of higher Ed.

[Paljk]

Great, thank you. You mentioned Adorno in comparison to Hegel, which is interesting. I found Dialectic of Enlightenment way more approachable than anything I've tried to read by Hegel. Maybe it's that it's more recent, or just the way Adorno writes is easier, I don't know really.

I will definitely try Hegel again though following the video series when I have the time.

[malpais]

Recently asked why you started Hegel and how he has influenced you. Forgot all about this video and the essay on Academia. Sorry, my bad.

[gabrieljvega-solis]

What are your thoughts on Zizek who does in a way describes himself as a "hegelian"?

[ThangNeihsial]

So we need to learn German in order to read Hegel to avoid bias? I wonder how long will it take in order to learn German from scratch. I'm really interested in Hegel.

[Coltrane]

I am about to start reading Philosophy of History in English translation. If you have any advice or sections to focus on for a first reading would be much appreciated Professor Sadler.

[marcsilverstein]

What do you think about Frederic Jameson?

[oscarjablon]

Hello Professor, I am currently reading Hegel's Lectures on the History of Philosophy. I came across a passage that confused me a bit and was hoping that you could throw some light on it. In reference to the I ching, Hegel, says "Universal abstraction with the Chinese thus goes on to what is concrete, although in accordance with an external kind of order only, and without containing anything that is sensuous" (Hegel, p.123). My question is, how can a universal abstraction accord with an external kind of order only and not be related to sense perception?

[tenogg]

Good video, apreciated! I thought you did your tesis on Husserl and Sausurre for some reason i don't remember.

[MichaelJimenez]

6:58 haha I've come across a few of those

[steveng]

Thanks for the insightful videos Gregory. Is Hegel a pantheist or even a panentheist? kindly refer me to any of your videos that addresses this, thanks again ❗️

[RoyalAnarchist]

Dr. Sadler, have you read “The Hegel Variations” by Fredric Jameson? If so, what did you think of it?

[Anekantavad]

To me, Nietzsche came into sharpest focus through the prism of his Affirmation. Everything else seemed to flow from that. Is there something you consider a suitable perspective from which to come at Hegel? Not necessarily *the* suitable perspective; just *a* perspective.

A huge and perhaps overly demanding question, but I don't mean it that way. Just requesting an opinion on a standpoint, assuming there is one. Hegel *does* seem overwhelming.

:-)

[Lewclan]

Could you provide the link for the science of logic lectures you mentioned? would prove a nice complement to your Half hour hegel for us hegel obsessed. I found Winfield's course but there isn't much there...

[errorinscript]

Do you have anything on eastern philosophy?

[frankjaeger]

What do you think about British Idealism (Greene, Bradley, McTaggart etc.)? And what about Italian Idealism (Croce and Gentile)?