Hegel: An Intellectual Biography

"Brevity turns out to be one of Althaus's merits. He is particularly good at providing the necessary historical and sociological details so that the reader can appreciate the full significance of events in Hegel's life as well as his thought.this study provides a great deal of insight into what life was like for many thinkers and artists during this intellectually fruitful time in Germany's history. Althaus's biography is eminently readable and thus useful not only for researchers but also for graduate students, faculty and general readers."
--S. Barnett, Central Connecticut State University, (Choice Magazine)

"[Althaus] contextualizes Hegel's intellectual journey.... A major theme in Althaus is the disintegration of Hegel's following, into left and right, through the ambiguity of his dialectic, exemplified in his philosophy of religion." (History of Political Thought)

"Althaus offers a wide-ranging 'intellectual biography' which skilfully interweaves scenes, events and personalities from Hegel's life with studies of the formation, development, and significance of each of Hegel's particular philosophical concerns ... If one seeks further to understand Hegel and his thought, then I recommend turning to Althaus." (Heythrop Journal)

"This book is, in a word, the most comprehensive biography of Hegel published in the twentieth century." (Diálogo Filosófico)