Volume 2, Issue 2, 2021
Sacrifice and Other Uprisings
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Sarah Bacaller

, Paolo Diego Bubbio

Pages 349-377
https://doi.org/10.5840/jcp20223230
Reply to On the Hegelian Doctrine, or: Absolute Knowledge and Modern Pantheism
In this review, Hegel responds to criticisms leveled against his philosophy by the anonymous author of Ueber die Hegelsche Lehre, oder: absolutes Wissen und moderner Pantheismus (1829). Frustrated by his interlocutor¡¯s apparent inability to coherently interpret his work, Hegel scathingly attempts to discredit the character of the text in focus and its author¡¯s critical capacity. He does so by showcasing examples of misrepresentation and misunderstanding in the author¡¯s writing. Hegel contests the increasingly common charge of ¡°pantheism¡± being leveled against him at that time, wielded here by the anonymous author in a fairly unoriginal comparison between Hegel¡¯s ¡°doctrine¡± and Spinoza¡¯s system. This review gives insight into the character of early theological responses to Hegel, and highlights Hegel¡¯s polemical tendencies.