Pragmatic aspects of Hegel's thought

While the analytical philosophical tradition since the turn of the century has generally considered Hegel's thought to be meaningless and has only regarded selected aspects as interesting for larger connections, it appears that this situation is currently changing. An increase of recent publications that engage Hegel's philosophy in problem-oriented approaches can be noted.¹ Questions regarding future directions focus primarily on the relevance and the pioneering aspects of Hegel's legacy.² This currently noticeable Hegel renaissance in continental and Anglo-American Hegel research receives crucial impulses from a philosophical movement that gathers together under the title of neopragmatism such disparate thinkers as Nicolas Rescher, Richard Rorty, Hilary Putnam, Jürgen Habermas, Robert Brandom, and Donald Davidson. It furthermore counts Wittgenstein, Wilfrid Sellars, and Willard van Orman Quine among its members as well. The term "neopragmatism" refers to the contemporary, multifaceted philosophical movement that reconsiders and reutilizes basic themes and elements of classic American pragmatism in the context of the linguistic turn, i.e., in the service of an investigation of language and meaning as dependent on use and practice. It is especially this school of thought that assists Hegel research in defining new approaches and perspectives.