In the most influential chapter of his most important philosophical work, the Phenomenology of Spirit, Hegel makes the central and disarming assertions that "se

wide criticism both from Western and Eastern scholars.

Articulates the connections between the distinctive conceptions of recognition and the self that emerge over the course of Hegel's Phenomenology.

Investigates the role of family in Hegel’s phenomenology.

Presents a new translation with commentary of chapter IV ("Self-Consciousness") of Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit.