Philosophy of History as theodicy (DOI: 10.2436/20.3000.02.25)

Authors

  • Gabriel Amengual Coll Universitat de les Illes Balears (UIB)

Keywords:

Hegel, Philosophy of History, theodicy

Abstract

Taking Adorno's critique of Hegel's Philosophy of History as point of departure, this paper: (1) sketches the general outlines of the modern Philosophy of History in order to (2) spotlight their commonalities and differences. Hegel's Philosophy of History (3) can be described by considering pain and the negative. It highlights these topics in a way that had never been done before, so it became a turning point, as revealed by the fact that he treated the Philosophy of History as theodicy. Despite his initial intention of carrying out theodicy, which Leibniz depicted in a metaphysical and abstract way, in the specific field of history, this intention was realised not in the Philosophy of History (it only conceptualises theodicy as viewed as a framework of meaning for action) but instead in the absolute spirit, in his reference to Christianity and specifically to incarnation and Christ's death.

Key words: Hegel, Philosophy of History, theodicy

Original source: Anuari de la Societat Catalana de Filosofia, 22: 27-52 (2011)

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Published

2015-11-22

Issue

No. 5 (2015)

Section

Philosophy

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