We are glad to give notice of the Call for Abstracts for the issue of «B@belonline» 9, Hegel between subversion and resistance, edited by F. Iannelli, S. Achella and C. Magni.

Abstracts must be sent no later than February 10, 2022 to the following address: hegel.subversionandresistance@gmail.com.
The abstract can be written in Italian, English, German or French and must have a maximum length of 400 words, and must be accompanied by a brief biobibliographical profile.
The authors of the selected abstracts will have to send by June 10, 2022 the complete paper of max. 6000 words (notes included), which will be peer reviewed.

Below you can find the text of the call.

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Some years ago an inspiring collection of writings was published under the title Hegel and Resistance. History, Politics and Dialectics (edited by Bart Zantvoort and Rebecca Comay, Bloomsbury 2018). At the center of the volume was the concept of resistance of/in/to Hegel, the traces of which were outlined both methodologically and dialectically, also analyzing the forms it takes in some parts of the system. Starting from the stimulating results of that research, which highlighted the possibility of reading not only on a historical-political level but also on a speculative one, a Hegel more relevant to the present time, our proposal intends to restart from the concept of resistance, combining it with the one of subversion, in order to analyze how these two perspectives have been fruitful both within the Hegelian reflection and in the following revival of Hegel’s philosophy, especially in the second half of the XX and at the beginning of the XXI century.

More specifically, we believe that alongside resistance, feminist readings have articulated a way of subverting the Hegelian dialectic that certainly merits further reflection. Both the concept of resistance and that of subversion can in fact make clear the way in which the Hegelian dialectic has been taken up, often in a critical sense, by later thinkers, despite the fact that they have often been characterized by the intention to decree its end, have instead demonstrated the capacity of Hegelian philosophy, and in particular of its dialectic, to always be reborn to new life.

Therefore, the aim of issue 9 of B@belonline Hegel between subversion and resistance is: 1. to investigate possible openings, paradigms, as yet unexplored declinations of resistance; 2. to analyze in what terms the value of subversion can be identified in the Hegelian corpus and in subsequent reinterpretations; 3. to identify possible relationships of alliance or conflict between elements, motives, figures of resistance and subversion; 4. to deepen the contribution that feminist thought in particular has offered on these themes, as well as 5. to explore in what way the Hegelian heritage has continued to operate, between subversion and resistance, even in philosophers who are not considered heirs of Hegelism and whether the revitalizing capacity of the dialectic does not make it still today, or especially today, a form of philosophical reflection to be reconsidered.

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