Lawrence Stepelevich
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Lawrence S. Stepelevich is an America
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n philosopher associated with a renewed interest in the works of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was a German philosopher, one of the creators of German Idealism. His historicist and idealist account of reality as a whole revolutionized European philosophy and was an important precursor to Continental philosophy and Marxism.Hegel developed a comprehensive...

, particularly since the fall of the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

, with less emphasis placed on Marx's interpretations than had previously been the case. "The First Hegelians: An Introduction" is an entry-point to exploring Hegelian philosophy.

From 1977 to 1996 Stepelevich was editor of The Owl of Minerva, the journal of Hegel Society of America, and is widely credited with reviving both the journal and the society. Stepelevich is currently a professor emeritus at Villanova University
Villanova University
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