{"product_id":"the-speculative-remark-9780804737135","title":"The Speculative Remark","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis work, by one of the most innovative and challenging of contemporary thinkers, pivots on a \u003ci\u003eRemark\u003c\/i\u003e added by Hegel in 1831 to the second edition of his \u003ci\u003eScience of Logic\u003c\/i\u003e. As a model of close reading applied both to philosophical texts and the making of philosophical systems, \u003ci\u003eThe Speculative Remark\u003c\/i\u003e played a significant role in transforming the practice of philosophy away from system building to analysis of specific linguistic detail, with meticulous attention to etymological, philological, and rhetorical nuance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNancy uses his extended examination of the \u003ci\u003eRemark\u003c\/i\u003e to delineate certain overall strategies in several Hegelian texts that militate for language-oriented readings of Hegel, as shown in Nancy's redefinition of such key terms as \u003ci\u003eAufhebung\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003emediation\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003especulation\u003c\/i\u003e. Nancy's reading progresses from speculative words and propositions to registering the speculative itself. While he avoids analyzing Hegel's system as such, Nancy reconstructs the Hegelian trajectory on a basis of tropes, building from propositions rather than structures, elements, and cycles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe overview that emerges in the final chapter and epilogue constitutes a broad statement about Hegel's practice and significance, one nuanced by close attention to his deployment of rhetoric and linguistic play. \u003ci\u003eThe Speculative Remark\u003c\/i\u003e thus furnishes a model for a theoretically aware approach to all systematic philosophy, while providing a significant historical contribution to the evolution of contemporary critical theory.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jean-Luc Nancy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48291468574971,"sku":"9780804737135","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/the-speculative-remark-9780804737135","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}