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This fairly small book must take its place as the best introductory study of Hegel's Phenomenology available.' - 'Philosophy and Phenomenological Research'. 'Westphal's book is a comprehensive guide to the argument of the entire phenomenology...will repay close study by serious undergraduate and graduate students of philosophy.' - 'Choice'. This detailed interpretation of Hegel's 'Phenomenology of Spirit' seeks to show that the unity of this classic work may be found in the integration of its transcendental and sociological-historical themes. Merold Westphal argues that the key to this unity lies in Hegel's radical discovery that transcendental subjectivity has a social history and that absolute knowledge is a historically conditioned and essentially collective or social event. His distinctive interpretation emphasizes the relevance of Hegel's Phenomenology to contemporary philosophical issues.