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13Illusions of PermanenceIn Fritz Allhoff & Robert Arp (eds.), Tattoos – Philosophy for Everyone, Wiley‐blackwell. 2012-04-06.This chapter contains sections titled: A Permanent Collection? The Phenomenology of Determining a Changing Object in a Moving Subject Visible Freedom: Nineteenth‐Century German Aesthetic Theories and Legacies Transformation A Lasting Impression.
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1Freedom and fixity in Shakespeare's tragic heroesIn Mark Alznauer (ed.), Hegel on tragedy and comedy: new essays, State University of New York Press. pp. 117-134. 2021.
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33Hegel on Sophocles’ Oedipus the King and the Moral Accountability of Ancient Tragic HeroesHegel Bulletin 41 (2): 159-176. 2020.This paper argues that Hegel’s account of subjectivity and agency as historically coined is essential to an accurate understanding of his theory of tragedy. Focusing on Sophocles’ Oedipus the King, I argue that Hegel’s historical account of agency is necessary for understanding his theory of the ancient tragic hero. Although Hegel’s theory of ancient tragedy is often described in terms of a conflict between ethical spheres embodied in two individuals, the conflict in Oedipus is between Oedipus’ …Read more
Rachel Falkenstern
St. Francis College
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St. Francis CollegeAssistant Professor