This collection of Kojeve's thoughts about Hegel constitutes one of the few important philosophical books of the twentieth century-a book, knowledge of which is requisite to the full awareness of our situation and to the grasp of the most modern perspective on the eternal questions of philosophy.--Allan Bloom (from his introduction)

During the years 1933-1939, the Russian-born and German-educated Marxist political philosopher Alexandre Koj ve (1902-1968) brilliantly explicated--through a series of lectures--the philosophy of Hegel as it was developed in the Phenomenology of Spirit. This collection of lectures--originally compiled by Raymond Queneau and edited for its English-language translation by Allan Bloom--shows the intensity of Koj ve's study and thought and the depth of his insight into Hegel's Phenomenology. More important--for Koj ve was above all a philosopher and not an ideologue--this profound and venturesome work on Hegel will expose the readers to the excitement of discovering a great mind in all its force and power.

Table of Contents:

1. In Place of an Introduction

2. Summary of the First Six Chapters of the Phenomenology of Spirit
Complete Text of the First Three Lectures of the Academic Year 1937-1938

3. Summary of the Course in 1937-1938
Excerpt from the 1938-1939 Annuaire of the cole Pratique des Hautes tudes, Section des Sciences religieuses

4. Philosophy and Wisdom
Complete Text of the First Two Lectures of the Academic Year 1938-1939

5. A Note on Eternity, Time, and the Concept
Complete Text of the Sixth through Eighth Lectures of the Academic Year 1938-1939

6. Interpretation of the Third Part of Chapter VIII of the Phenomenology of Spirit (conclusion)
Complete Text of the Twelfth Lecture of the Academic Year 1938-1939

7. The Dialectic of the Real and the Phenomenological Method in Hegel
Complete Text of the Sixth through Ninth Lectures of the Academic Year 1934-1935

Appendix
The Structure of the Phenomenology of Spirit