Simultaneously an introduction to Hegel and a fundamental reimagining of Hegel's project, this book presents a radical Hegel for the twenty-first century. Todd McGowan contends that the revolutionary core of Hegel's thought is contradiction. This book is particularly helpful for someone trying to better understand Slavoj Zizek's thought. Zizek resonates with McGowan's emphasis on the necessity of embracing contradiction for understanding anything.