Hegel, Herzog, History: Re-Constructions of the Self
Journal Title: Ankara Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi - Year 2015, Vol 6, Issue 1
Abstract
This study investigates the ways in which Hegel‘s concept of inherent change (the dialectical) can be utilized to explain the contingent web of discourses on history, memory, and re-construction of identity with a special focus on Saul Bellow‘s 1964 novel Herzog. Bellow tells the reader the story of Moses Herzog, a college professor, who suffers from a deep intellectual anxiety and attempts to alleviate that anxiety by obsessively writing letters not only to friends and relatives but also to great figures whether they are alive or dead. Bellow constantly digresses from the story to improvise on the meaning of existence and selfhood while offering the reader Herzog‘s attempts at self-definition which are not only philosophical but also have universal resonances through recounting his past. In his account Hegel occupies a central position in that, according to Herzog, Hegel ―understood the essence of human life to be derived from history.
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Devrim Kılıçer
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