Thimo Heisenberg
Biographic Data
| ID | 1598368 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thimo Heisenberg |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thimo |
| FAMILY NAME | Heisenberg |
| SIGNATURE | HEISENBERG T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bryn Mawr College |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2475-1100 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Hegel on Childless Marriage
At the beginning of his discussion of childhood and childrearing, Hegel confronts the reader with a provocative view: marriage without children, Hegel argues, is incomplete ( PR : §173, §173Z). It is tempting to disregard this view as yet another old-fashioned thing that Hegel has to say about marriage—yet another example, that is, of one of Hegel’s nineteenth-century convictions that are better left in the past. But in this paper, I want to make…
Hegel on Nature in Politics
In recent years, the ancient concept of second nature has become the focus of a growing volume of Hegel-related work in ethics, social philosophy, philosophy of mind, and action theory. And for good reason: second nature allows us to think across, and seeks to bridge, fundamental antagonisms that have haunted modern philosophy since its inception – between the realm of law and the realm of reasons, necessity and freedom, inclination and duty. In …
Economy and philosophy in the long nineteenth century
Hegel on family property in the rational state
Goethe’s Faust and the philosophy of money
Philosophers today do not think of Goethe’s Faust as an important contribution to the philosophy of money. But to discount the work in this way is a mistake, I argue. Underneath Faust’s lyrical form, Goethe develops a comprehensive view of money that came to be an important influence on left-wing (Karl Marx) and right-wing (Oswald Spengler) discussions of money. Centrally, Goethe argues that modern economic practices have transformed money obsess…
Fichte and Hegel on free time
To us today, it seems intuitive that an ideal society would secure for its citizens some time for leisure that is, some time to do “whatever they want” after having attended to their various responsibilities and natural needs. But, in this essay, I argue that—in 19th century social philosophy—the status of leisure ( Muße ) in an ideal society was actually surprisingly controversial: whereas J.G. Fichte makes a strong case for leisure as part of a…
Hegel and the Problem of Affluence
It is widely known that Hegel's Philosophy of Right recognizes poverty as one of the central problems of modern civil society. What is much less well known, however, is that Hegel sees yet another structural problem at the opposite side of the economic spectrum : a problem of affluence. Indeed, as I show in this essay, Hegel's text contains a detailed—yet sometimes overlooked—discussion of the detrimental psychological and sociological effects of…
The Work of Politics
There is a certain view of welfare institutions and policies (unemployment insurance, health insurance, paid family leave, etc.) that has the rare distinction of being held by critics across the whole political spectrum. According to this view, welfare institutions and policies act as anonymous and overly bureaucratic structures that turn citizens into passive welfare recipients, thereby decreasing their sense of agency and autonomy. Accompanying…
Death in Berlin
It is widely acknowledged that Hegel holds the view that a rational social order needs to reconcile us to our status as natural beings, with bodily needs and desires. But while this general view is well-known, one of its most surprising implications is rarely explored: namely the implication that, for Hegel, a rational social order also has to reconcile us to the inevitable fate of everything natural and organic – it needs to reconcile ourselves …
Hegel on the value of the market economy
It is widely known that Hegel is a proponent and defender of the market economy. But why exactly does Hegel think that the market economy is superior to other economic systems? In this paper, I argue that Hegel's answer to this question has not been sufficiently understood. Commentators, or so I want to claim, have only identified one part of Hegel's argument—but have left out the most original and surprising dimension of his view: namely, Hegel'…
The Work of Politics
There is a certain view of welfare institutions and policies (unemployment insurance, health insurance, paid family leave, etc.) that has the rare distinction of being held by critics across the whole political spectrum. According to this view, welfare institutions and policies act as anonymous and overly bureaucratic structures that turn citizens into passive welfare recipients, thereby decreasing their sense of agency and autonomy. Accompanying…
Hegel on the value of the market economy
It is widely known that Hegel is a proponent and defender of the market economy. But why exactly does Hegel think that the market economy is superior to other economic systems? In this paper, I argue that Hegel's answer to this question has not been sufficiently understood. Commentators, or so I want to claim, have only identified one part of Hegel's argument—but have left out the most original and surprising dimension of his view: namely, Hegel'…
Hegel on the value of the market economy
It is widely known that Hegel is a proponent and defender of the market economy. But why exactly does Hegel think that the market economy is superior to other economic systems? In this paper, I argue that Hegel's answer to this question has not been sufficiently understood. Commentators, or so I want to claim, have only identified one part of Hegel's argument—but have left out the most original and surprising dimension of his view: namely, Hegel'…
Death in Berlin
It is widely acknowledged that Hegel holds the view that a rational social order needs to reconcile us to our status as natural beings, with bodily needs and desires. But while this general view is well-known, one of its most surprising implications is rarely explored: namely the implication that, for Hegel, a rational social order also has to reconcile us to the inevitable fate of everything natural and organic – it needs to reconcile ourselves …
Hegel and the Problem of Affluence
It is widely known that Hegel's Philosophy of Right recognizes poverty as one of the central problems of modern civil society. What is much less well known, however, is that Hegel sees yet another structural problem at the opposite side of the economic spectrum : a problem of affluence. Indeed, as I show in this essay, Hegel's text contains a detailed—yet sometimes overlooked—discussion of the detrimental psychological and sociological effects of…
The Work of Politics
There is a certain view of welfare institutions and policies (unemployment insurance, health insurance, paid family leave, etc.) that has the rare distinction of being held by critics across the whole political spectrum. According to this view, welfare institutions and policies act as anonymous and overly bureaucratic structures that turn citizens into passive welfare recipients, thereby decreasing their sense of agency and autonomy. Accompanying…
Fichte and Hegel on free time
To us today, it seems intuitive that an ideal society would secure for its citizens some time for leisure that is, some time to do “whatever they want” after having attended to their various responsibilities and natural needs. But, in this essay, I argue that—in 19th century social philosophy—the status of leisure ( Muße ) in an ideal society was actually surprisingly controversial: whereas J.G. Fichte makes a strong case for leisure as part of a…
Goethe’s Faust and the philosophy of money
Philosophers today do not think of Goethe’s Faust as an important contribution to the philosophy of money. But to discount the work in this way is a mistake, I argue. Underneath Faust’s lyrical form, Goethe develops a comprehensive view of money that came to be an important influence on left-wing (Karl Marx) and right-wing (Oswald Spengler) discussions of money. Centrally, Goethe argues that modern economic practices have transformed money obsess…
Hegel on Childless Marriage
At the beginning of his discussion of childhood and childrearing, Hegel confronts the reader with a provocative view: marriage without children, Hegel argues, is incomplete ( PR : §173, §173Z). It is tempting to disregard this view as yet another old-fashioned thing that Hegel has to say about marriage—yet another example, that is, of one of Hegel’s nineteenth-century convictions that are better left in the past. But in this paper, I want to make…
Hegel on Nature in Politics
In recent years, the ancient concept of second nature has become the focus of a growing volume of Hegel-related work in ethics, social philosophy, philosophy of mind, and action theory. And for good reason: second nature allows us to think across, and seeks to bridge, fundamental antagonisms that have haunted modern philosophy since its inception – between the realm of law and the realm of reasons, necessity and freedom, inclination and duty. In …
Economy and philosophy in the long nineteenth century
Hegel on family property in the rational state
Philosophical Ethics and Theory (7 works) · Epistemology (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Hegelianism (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory (4 works) · Political Economy and Marxism (3 works) · Political Philosophy and Ethics (3 works)