Hegel and Language -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Section 1. Language and the Possibility of Systematic Philosophy -- 1. Fragmentation,Contamination, Systematicity:The Threats of Representation and the Immanence of Thought -- 2. Language and Metaphysics:The Dialectics of Hegel's Speculative Proposition -- 3. The Language of Hegel's Speculative Philosophy -- Section 2. Language, Subjectivity, and "Objective Truth" -- 4. Objective Language and Scientific Truth in Hegel -- 5. Sound-Tone-Word:Toward an Hegelian Philosophy of Language -- 6. Telling the Truth:Systematic Philosophy and the Aufhebung of Poetic and Religious Language -- Section 3. Hegel and Contemporary Philosophy of Language and Linguistics -- 7. Language, Objects, and the Missing Link: Toward a Hegelean Theory of Reference -- 8. The Realm of Abstraction:The Role of Grammar in Hegel's Linguistic System -- 9. The Logic of Language Change -- Section 4. Postmodern Perspectives on Hegel's Linguistic Views -- 10. The Three Hegels:Kojève, Hyppolite, and Derrida on Hegel's Philosophy of Language -- 11. Hegel, Kristeva, and the Language of Revolution -- 12. Speculative Rhythm -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.