"This is an important contribution to the current reception of Hegel. Lucid and concise, it displays an admirable command of both the continental and the Anglo-American scholarship of Hegel. Even more importantly, it is both faithful to Hegel's project, yet keenly aware of the subterranean possibilities that Hegel's insistence on the triumph of speculative unity excludes. George clearly indicates Hegel's contribution to our understanding of the German retrieval of Greek tragedy as well as tragic elements that elude Hegel's speculative interests. Overall, it is both a fine work of scholarship, addressing a largely neglected theme, and a fine piece of philosophizing in its own right."

Theodore D. George is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Texas A&M University.