Hegel'sPhenomenology of Spirit is probablyhis most famous work. First published in 1807, it has exercised considerableinfluence on subsequent thinkers from Feuerbach and Marx to Heidegger, Koj ve,Adorno and Derrida. The book contains many memorable analyses of, for example,the master / slave dialectic, the unhappy consciousness, Sophocles' Antigone and the French Revolution andis one of the most important works in the Western philosophical tradition. Itis, however, a difficult and challenging book and needs to be studied togetherwith a clear and accessible secondary text. Stephen Houlgate's Reader's Guideoffers guidance on: Philosophicaland historical contextKeyThemesReadingthe textReceptionand influenceFurtherreading