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Hegel Reading Group Info.

Hello everyone!

I will be running the first session of the reading group which I will pretend began yesterday, Friday May 21st, and will last two weeks. I invite everyone to read Hegel's Introduction to the Phenomenology during this period (§73-89, p. 46-57 ( Read more... )

Update:

There has been a lull due to decreased interest, but after discussion we have decided to go ahead with the group and see if we can't make it a profitable exercise. I'll reiterate the format here.

Roles:

Facilitator: Myself. Responsibility for the project and decision making will be handled as a group, but I will take responsibility for ( Read more... )

Reminder -- we are still looking for volunteers to lead bi-weekly sessions reading Hegel's Phenomenology together. We currently have three volunteers for session leaders and will run the group like that, though more interested would be preferable. Please see the latest posts in this community for more info.

If we're going to go with a procedure for the reading group like the one described, we'll need to assemble a list of people willing to work as session leaders.

So far it seems we have myself, yechezkiel, and mercuryxrises. Would anyone else like to volunteer?

Also... mercuryxrises has recommended Stern's commentary for anyone looking for a secondary source to accompany them.

Preface:

Consider this a proposal in the literal sense that I hope that others will offer their comments and suggested amendments, or offer their own proposal if their suggestions vary greatly from these. Where I sound overly formal, read my intention as for brevity!

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