Abstract

Every reader of Hegel's "Phenomenology of Spirit" has puzzled over the references to the -we- and the related notion of the -for us- which occur throughout the text. Hegel claims that this -we- contributes a -way of looking at the matter- which serves as the means whereby the succession of experiences through which consciousness passes is raised to a scientific progression. "Hegel's Phenomenology of the -We-" is the first book-length study of the role of the -we- in Hegel's "Phenomenology." It provides a comprehensive yet detailed analysis of the -we's- role in the text and contains a useful appendix documenting the occurrences of the -we- in the text."