Enver Orman: Hegel'in Mutlak İdealizmi (Hegel's Absolute Idealism)

ON HEGEL’S ABSOLUTE IDEALISM Hegel was always considered as a great philosopher in history of philosophy because of his significant and systematic contribution to modern philosophy. In this article the main concern is to represent and criticize an important work on Hegel written by Enver Orman. Orman’s book called Hegel’s Absolute Idealism, focuses on his concept of ‘absolute idealism’, which is differentiated from classical and German idealism. Orman’s book represents an important contribution to Hegel, which has been never made in Turkey. While he concentrates on the problem of absolute idealism in Hegel philosophy, he also gives a general framework of Hegel’s philosophy. His work is also a kind of plea for Hegel, against those who consider Hegel as conservative, idealist, and rationalist. Therefore, for Orman, Hegel’s absolute idealism has a phenomenological, dialectical, and empirical character .