Milenko A. Perović i koherentnost Hegelovog sistema: refleksije o Pet studija o Hegelu
Milenko A. Perović and the Coherence of Hegel’s System: Reflections on Five Studies on Hegel

Summary/Abstract: Although the title of this paper refers to Milenko A. Perović’s Five Studies on Hegel, the aim here is not to provide a review of the book, but rather to offer a philosophical reflection on the significance and far-reaching implications of this and Perović’s other works on Hegel. This article mainly examines Perović’s Five Studies on Hegel as both a contribution to Hegelian scholarship and a statement about the role of continental philosophy in contemporary thought. This Perović’s work addresses five central themes: the systematic status of the Phenomenology of Spirit; the shift from “practical philosophy” to a “philosophy of praxis” as the rational life of objective spirit; the speculative psychogenesis and phylogenesis of the will; the essence and contradictions of conscience; and the concept of personality in Kant and Hegel. Each study isolates a key problem in Hegel’s system, but together they articulate a broader thesis: that freedom is not an abstract presupposition, but a dialectical process realized in language, institutions, recognition, and history. Beyond their exegetical value, these studies illustrate Perović’s wider philosophical project. His writings demonstrate how speculative thought can remain vital outside the dominant analytic paradigm, and how regional traditions – in this case, former Yugoslav intellectual space – can speak with universal philosophical resonance. By clarifying the systematic coherence of Hegel’s philosophy and situating it within the challenges of modernity, Perović reaffirms the necessity of continental philosophy as a mode of self-understanding that resists fragmentation and reduction. The article argues that translating and disseminating Perović’s works into English is not only a scholarly task but a philosophical responsibility, ensuring that his interpretation of Hegel contributes to global debates on freedom, subjectivity, and the future of philosophy.

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