\nThe first English translation of Foucault\u2019s previously lost master\u2019s thesis, itself an original contribution to the study of Hegel\u2019s philosophy.<\/p>\n
On June 11, 1949, a twenty-three-year-old Michel Foucault defended his master\u2019s thesis in philosophy at the Sorbonne entitled\u00a0The Constitution of a Historical Transcendental in Hegel\u2019s \u201cPhenomenology of Spirit.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>Long considered a lost holy grail of French philosophy, the thesis was only recently rediscovered, and it is presented here in English for the first time.\u00a0<\/p>\nIn his master\u2019s thesis, Foucault offers an original reading of Hegel that understands \u201cabsolute knowing,\u201d the famous but enigmatic final figure of experience in the\u00a0Phenomenology<\/em>, as inextricably bound to time, language, and historical experience. Indeed, readers will discover how many of Foucault\u2019s famous later concepts\u2014the historical\u00a0a priori<\/em>, the\u00a0episteme<\/em>, and the limit-experience\u2014are intimately rooted in his early, intense engagement with Hegel\u2019s philosophy.<\/p>\nAn introduction and critical apparatus provided by Hegel scholar Christophe Bouton traces previously unknown connections between the thesis and Foucault\u2019s later masterpieces, particularly\u00a0History of Madness\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0The Order of Things<\/em>. Introducing a fundamental shift in our understanding of Foucault\u2019s intellectual trajectory, this book is an essential text for anyone interested in Foucault, Hegel, and the dramatic evolution of twentieth-century continental philosophy.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/p>\n
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