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Robert R. Williams
Born1939
DiedMarch 10, 2018
Academic background
Alma materUnion Theological Seminary (PhD)
ThesisConsciousness and Redemption in the Theology of Friedrich Schleiermacher (1971)
Academic work
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
School or traditionGerman Idealism
InstitutionsUniversity of Illinois Chicago

Robert Roy "Bob" Williams (1939 – March 10, 2018) was a professor emeritus of Germanic studies and religious studies at the University of Illinois Chicago.[1][2]

Life and works

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Williams received his PhD from Union Theological Seminary in New York City in 1971 with the dissertation on "Consciousness and Redemption in the Theology of Friedrich Schleiermacher".[3]

He played an important role in reviving interest in the philosophy of Hegel.[4] In 2018 The Owl of Minerva dedicated a whole issue of the journal to the memory of Bob Williams, which contained review of his latest book Hegel on the Proofs and the Personhood of God.[5]

Publications

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  • Williams, Robert R. (2017). Hegel on the Proofs and the Personhood of God. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198795223.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-879522-3.[6][7]
  • Williams, Robert R. (2012). Tragedy, Recognition, and the Death of God. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199656059.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-965605-9.[8][9][10]
  • Williams, Robert R. (1998). Williams, Robert R. (ed.). Hegel's Ethics of Recognition. doi:10.1525/9780520925533. ISBN 978-0-520-92553-3.[11]
  • Recognition: Fichte and Hegel on the Other. SUNY Press. January 1992. ISBN 978-0-7914-0857-5.[12]

References

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  1. ^ "Deaths: Robert R. Williams | UIC today". today.uic.edu. Retrieved 2025-04-04.
  2. ^ Rinaldi, Giacomo (2017-07-01). "Remembering the Hegelian Philosopher Robert R. Williams". The Owl of Minerva. 49 (1/2): 143–148. doi:10.5840/owl2017/2018491/211.
  3. ^ "Consciousness and redemption in the theology of Friedrich Schleiermacher | WorldCat.org". search.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2025-07-05.
  4. ^ Redding, Paul (December 2019). "Robert R. Williams Hegel on the Proofs and the Personhood of God: Studies in Hegel's Logic and Philosophy of Religion. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017). Pp. 319. £65.00 (Hbk). ISBN 978 0 1987 9522 3". Religious Studies. 55 (4): 599–603. doi:10.1017/S0034412518000768. ISSN 0034-4125.
  5. ^ "The Owl of Minerva, Volume 49, Issue 1/2, 2017/2018". www.pdcnet.org. Retrieved 2025-06-09.
  6. ^ Menegoni, Francesca; Meyer, Nina (2018). "Review of Hegel und die Religion. Eine Untersuchung zum Verhältnis von Religion, Philosophie und Theologie in Hegels System. Hegel-Studien Beiheft 66; Das Absolute und der Begriff. Zur Frage philosophischer Theologie in Hegels Wissenschaft der Logik, PlevrakisErmylos; Hegel on the Proofs and the Personhood of God. Studies in Hegel?s Logic and Philosophy of Religion, WilliamsRobert R." Hegel-Studien. 52: 235–242. ISSN 0073-1587. JSTOR 27125784.
  7. ^ Redding, Paul (2019). "Review of Hegel on the Proofs and the Personhood of God: Studies in Hegel's Logic and Philosophy of Religion". Religious Studies. 55 (4): 599–603. doi:10.1017/S0034412518000768. ISSN 0034-4125. JSTOR 26848046.
  8. ^ Redding, Paul. "Tragedy, Recognition, and the Death of God: Studies in Hegel and Nietzsche". Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. Archived from the original on 2024-07-29. Retrieved 2025-06-09.
  9. ^ Church, Jeffrey (May 2015). "Robert R. Williams. Tragedy, Recognition, and the Death of God: Studies in Hegel & Nietzsche. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012. ISBN: 978-0-19-965605-9, hbk, $99.00. Pp. 424". Hegel Bulletin. 36 (1): 105–110. doi:10.1017/hgl.2015.6. ISSN 2051-5367.
  10. ^ Jenkins, Scott (2014-01-01). "Tragedy, Recognition, and the Death of God: Studies in Hegel and Nietzsche, by Robert R. Williams". Mind. 123 (489): 260–264. doi:10.1093/mind/fzu038. ISSN 0026-4423.
  11. ^ O'Regan, Cyril (July 2000). "Hegel's Ethics of Recognition. Robert R. Williams". The Journal of Religion. 80 (3): 531–532. doi:10.1086/490695. ISSN 0022-4189.
  12. ^ Finlayson, Gordon (January 1993). "Robert R Williams, Recognition: Fichte and Hegel on the Other, Albany: SUNY Press, 1991, pp 352, Hb 19.95". Hegel Bulletin. 14 (1–2): 47–50. doi:10.1017/S0263523200005036. ISSN 0263-5232.
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