Pharmakon Journal of Philosophy: Issue #2 9 Hegel, Subjectivity, and Metaphysics: A Heideggerean Interpretation SEAN CASTLEBERRY, George Mason University ABSTRACT: The goal of this essay is to explicate Martin Heidegger’s metaphysical critique and interpretation of G.W.F. Hegel’s thought. This explication will include a discussion of Heidegger’s view on Hegel’s conceptions of subjectivity, dichotomy, and self-consciousness. For the sake of presenting a concise essay, I will present only a few of Heidegger’s major texts concerning Hegel. Two of the most essential texts analyzed in this essay are from Heidegger’s later years. These texts include the Four Seminars and “The Onto-Theo-Logical Constitution of Metaphysics.” The most important issue will be to demonstrate the fundamental dilemma that Heidegger finds in the thinking of Hegel. Though Hegel brings metaphysics to its highest achievement, Hegel still lacks the ability to demonstrate the grounds of metaphysics because of his own entanglement in the history of subjectivity. Throughout my philosophical studies I have always had a hefty interest in Heidegger’s critique of metaphysics and his interpretation of Being. I have also had a fascination with Hegel’s systematic philosophy and its relation to its historical origins. When the chance came up for me to write an essay on Hegel’s thinking from the perspective of Heidegger’s metaphysical critique, I jumped at the opportunity. Therefore, the following essay will examine Heidegger’s interpretation of Hegelian philosophy and demonstrate its place within his critique of metaphysics. First, I will present Heidegger’s historical-philosophical interpretation of Hegel’s philosophy. In this section I will primarily focus on the first three days of a 1968 seminar Heidegger gave in Le Thor, France. During these days of the seminar, Heidegger strictly dealt