G.W.F. Hegel Modernity and Politics

by Dallmayr, Fred R.

• ISBN13: 9780742521360
• ISBN10: 0742521362
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-11-23
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

This revised edition interprets Hegel's postmodern as the dissemination of the liberating spirit in the capillaries of democratic lifeworlds.

Author Biography

Fred R. Dallmayr is Packey Dee Professor of Political Theory at the University of Notre Dame.

Table of Contents

Series Editor's Introduction	ix
Morton Schoolman
Preface	xvii
Introduction	1	(16)
Toward a Modern Polis: Hegel's Evolving Political Thought	17	(62)
Life and Times	18	(5)
Hegel's Philosophical System	23	(4)
Early Political and Theological Writings	27	(8)
The Constitution of Germany	35	(8)
Knowledge, Faith, and Natural Law	43	(6)
Labor, Economics, and Public Life	49	(12)
Phenomenology of Spirit	61	(7)
From Jena to Berlin	68	(11)
Minerva at Dusk: Hegel's Philosophy of Right	79	(104)
Prelude: The Wurttemberg Estates	82	(6)
Natural Law and Theory of the State	88	(8)
Philosophy of Right: Preface	96	(5)
Introduction: Rightness and Freedom	101	(4)
Private Property and Contracts	105	(6)
Morality: Subjective Welfare and Conscience	111	(5)
Ethical Life: Family	116	(6)
Civil Society: System of Needs and Labor	122	(6)
Social Welfare and Group Pluralism	128	(7)
The State as Embodiment of Reason	135	(10)
Constitutional Government and Separation of Powers	145	(10)
International Politics	155	(4)
World History	159	(5)
Epilogue: The English Reform Bill	164	(19)
Effective History: Hegel's Heirs and Critics	183	(64)
Subjective Inwardness: Kierkegaard	186	(6)
Social Praxis: Marx	192	(8)
Will to Power: Nietzsche	200	(5)
Politics and Bureaucracy: Weber	205	(5)
Liberal Positivism: Popper	210	(4)
German and French Existentialism	214	(9)
Postmetaphysics: Heidegger	223	(6)
Philosophical Hermeneutics: Gadamer	229	(4)
Poststructuralism and Deconstruction	233	(14)
Minerva at Dawn: Hegel's Political Thought Today	247	(14)
Index	261	(9)
About the Author	270