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Hegel's Critique of Modernity - Reconciling Individual Freedom and the Community (Hardcover)
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Hegel's Critique of Modernity - Reconciling Individual Freedom and the Community (Hardcover)
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Hegel's enduring importance lies in the fact that his philosophy
sheds light on many contemporary problems; his conception of
freedom enables us to reconcile many of the differences that divide
liberalism and communitarianism. While liberalism tends to
overemphasize the individual and devalue the community,
communitarianism tends to do the reverse. One of his central aims
is to integrate liberalism's concern for the political rights and
interests of individuals within the framework of a community. He
tries to reconcile the individual and community in a way that
creates the proper mix of liberty and authority. One of Hegel's
goals is to discover social structures that will allow individuals
to escape the alienation that characterizes contemporary life. He
sought a method of reconciling his contemporaries to the modern
world by overcoming the things that split the self from the social
world; that is, a place where people are at home in the social
world. A sense of estrangement is all too common, even for those
who enjoy more personal freedom and material abundance than ever
thought possible. While Hegel is speaking directly to and about his
contemporaries, their social world bears much in common with ours.
Consequently, his attempt to reconcile philosophical and social
contradictions can elucidate our own condition. While the modern
world reflects important contributions, the advent of modern
liberalism leads to excessive individualism that fragments social
life, leaving individuals disconnected and adrift from meaningful
social life. The major goal of Hegel's political philosophy is to
reconcile the individual with his or her political community in a
way that overcomes the alienation of modern life.
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