Alexander Berg

Work Diary

What I am working on, what is under review or in press, and what has recently appeared. Each entry shows the date of its last change.

In progress

  • Zur literarischen Form von Philosophie – Grundlinien eines Systems der LiteraturHabilitation thesis, University of Zurich. The part on Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit is largely complete; I am now writing the part on the literary form of Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations.A book that systematizes and integrates the different methods of literary-philosophical research to make them more productive for philosophical inquiry and problem-solving. It is grounded in the idea of a “system of literature” as a methodological foundation for understanding philosophical writings, and demonstrates the method on two exemplary works: Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit and Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations. Updated
  • Up next Die Liebe zum Wissen ablegen. Hegel und Wittgenstein als gegenläufige WeisheitskritikenFor the new series Weisheit und Weisheitskritik. Philosophische Erkundungen, ed. Moritz R. Pretzsch & Jan Kerkmann (Velbrück Wissenschaft). Updated
  • Planned Wittgenstein and HegelElements in the Philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein, ed. David G. Stern (Cambridge University Press).It will bring together what five conferences, two anthologies, one monograph and a series of articles and talks on Wittgenstein and Hegel have yielded, in a compact yet narratively accessible form. Updated

Under review / in press

  • Goethe’s Influence on Hegel’s Phenomenology of SpiritFor Goethe and Philosophy, ed. Jan Kerkmann & Moritz Pretzsch (Springer, 2026).Submitted, under review. Updated
  • Zur literarischen Form der Phänomenologie des Geistes – Methode und BedeutungHegel-Jahrbuch 2024, ed. Brady Bowman, Myriam Gerhard & Jure Zovko (Duncker & Humblot).Accepted, awaiting publication. Updated
  • Special issue: Wittgenstein and Hegel on Normativity and RationalityEd. Alexander Berg & Kenan Šljivo, Synthesis Philosophica 41/1, with my article Possibility and Probability – Wittgenstein in Russia, and the Curious Case of the Yellow Book. Presented at the XXXVI International Hegel Congress, Rome, Sept. 2026.Completed, awaiting publication. Updated

Recently published

  • Book presentation Wittgenstein and Hegel on Normativity and RationalitySynthesis Philosophica special issue. XXXVI International Hegel Congress, Rome.
  • Talk Goethe’s Artistic Influence on the Phenomenology of SpiritXXXVI International Hegel Congress, Rome.
  • Ludwig Wittgenstein and the Photography of Everyday LifeIn Wittgenstein and Popular Culture (Anthem Press).

Archive

Earlier entries from “Recently published”. The complete record is under Publications and Talks.