Dialectics, Politics, and the Contemporary Value of Hegel's Practical Philosophy

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ID19948789
AuthorsAndrew Buchwalter (0000-0002-0009-7274, corresponding author)
Year2012
Publication date2012-11-12
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueDialectics, Politics, and the Contemporary Value of Hegel's Practical Philosophy (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9780203802113
OpenAlexW612358691
ISBN9780203802113
Open LibraryOL33771627M
LanguageEN
Citations received11

This book explores and details the actuality (Aktualität) of Hegel’s social and political philosophy--its relevance, topicality, and contemporary validity. It asserts--against the assumptions of those in a wide range of traditions--that Hegel’s thought not only remains relevant to debates in current social and political theory, but is capable of productively enhancing and enriching those debates. The book is divided into three main sections. Part 1 considers the actuality of Hegel’s social and political thought in the context of a constructed dialogues with later social and political theorists, including Marx, Adorno, Habermas, and Rawls. Part 2 explores Hegel’s internal criticism of Enlightenment rationality as well as the unique manner in which his thought reaffirms both the classical tradition of politics and the Christian conception of freedom in order to deepen and further develop our understanding of modernity and modern secularity. Part 3 considers Hegel’s contribution to current theorizing about globalization

Context (archaeology) · Criticism · Dialectic · Enlightenment · Epistemology · Hegelianism · Modernity · Political science · Politics · Rationality · Social science · Sociology · Value (mathematics) · Law · Philosophy · Political Economy and Marxism · 19th century · Dialectique · georg wilhelm friedrich Hegel (1770-1831) · Germany · History · Political · Political and social views · Social sciences

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