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Avineri, Shlomo. Hegel's Theory of the Modern State. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1972. A readable introduction to Hegel's political thought, emphasizing his commitment to the principles of the modern constitutional state.

Beiser, Frederick C., ed. The Cambridge Companion to Hegel. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993. Excellent and thorough reference guide.

Brod, Harry. Hegel's Philosophy of Politics: Idealism, Identity, and Modernity. Boulder, and Oxford: Westview Press, 1992. With good bibliography.

Dickey, Laurence. Hegel: Religion, Economics, and the Politics of Spirit 1770-1807. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987. Substantial study of Hegel's early ideas in the context of his times.

Findlay, J. N. Hegel: A Re-Examination. London: George Allen and Uwin, 1958. An early effort to revalue Hegel by an analytical philosopher.

Hardimon, Michael O. Hegel's Social Philosophy: The Project of Reconciliation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. A fine account of the underlying aims of Hegel's political philosophy.

Harris, H. S. Hegel: Phenomenology and System. Indianapolis and Cambridge: Hackett Publishing Company, 1995. A condensed summary of a much longer systematic exposition, to be published in 1996.

Inwood, Michael. A Hegel Dictionary. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1992. With good bibliography.

Kaufmann, Walter. Hegel: Reinterpretation, Texts and Commentary. Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Company, 1965. An intellectual biography.

Kojàve, Alexandre. Introduction to the Reading of Hegel. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1969. Translated by James H. Nichols Jr. Very controversial but highly influential studies of the Phenomenology. Centred on the ideas of the recognition and historical time.

Lukàcs, Georg. The Young Hegel: Studies in the Relations between Dialectics and Economics. London: Merlin Press, 1975. Translated by Rodney Livingstone. A classical account of Hegel's early development, from a Marxist perspective.

MacIntyre, Alasdair, ed. Hegel: A Collection of Critical Essays. Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1972. A highly influential collection of essays.

Mure, G. R. G. The Philosophy of Hegel. Oxford: Oxford University Press, and Bristol: Thoemmes, 1993. Classic study.

Norman, Richard. Hegel's Phenomenology A Philosophical Introduction. Aldershot: Gregg Revivals, 1991. A short guide, concentrating on the central themes of the Phenomenology.

Rockmore, Tom. Before and After Hegel: A Historical Introduction to Hegel's Thought. Berkeley and London: University of California Press, 1993. Hegel's place in the history of ideas.

Singer, Peter. Hegel. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1983. An excellent short introduction to Hegel's work as a whole.

Solomon, Robert C. In the Spirit of Hegel. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1983. A thorough study of the Phenomenology, advancing a relativist interpretation.

Taylor, Charles. Hegel. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1975. A comprehensive overview of Hegel's thought, emphasizing the idea that self-knowledge presupposes self-expression.

Wiedmann, Franz. Hegel: An Illustrated Biography. Pegasus, 1968. Brief but valuable glimpses into Hegel's life and times.