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168Hegel, the Author and Authority in Sophocles’ AntigoneIn Leslie G. Rubin (ed.), Justice V. Law in Greek Political Thought, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. pp. 129-51. 1997.Abstract: William Conklin takes on Hegel’s interpretation of Sophocles’ Antigone in this essay. Hegel asked what makes human laws human and what makes divine laws divine? After outlining Hegel’s interpretation of Antigone in the light of this issue, Conklin argues that we must address what makes human law law? and what makes divine law law? Taking his cue from Michel Foucault’s “What is an Author?”, the key to understanding Sophocles’ Antigone and Hegel’s interpretation to it, according to…Read more
York University
PhD, 1992
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Areas of Specialization
Social and Political Philosophy |
European Philosophy |
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Areas of Interest
Philosophy of Law |
Continental Philosophy |
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