How the anglophone world rediscovered his philosophy.

GWF Hegel fell out of favour in the 20th century; his writing was too dense, his ideas too abstract, and his politics too suspect. However, as Willem deVries discusses, English-language philosophy is at a turning point where neo-Hegelian is coming back.

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Stephen Graybill

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