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Debating the Political Philosophy of Hegel (Hardcover)
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Debating the Political Philosophy of Hegel (Hardcover)
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Few philosophers have had as much influence as Hegel. When he died
in 1831, he not only dominated German philosophy, but also left his
mark on the study of religion and art, on historical studies, and
on political thought. Much later, Lenin insisted that no one could
completely comprehend Karl Marx unless he had first made a thorough
study of Hegel. Later, it became fashionable to link Hegel with
Nazism and communism. There is today broad agreement that knowledge
of Hegel's thought adds a critical dimension to our understanding
of recent cultural and political history. This volume, first
published in 1970, focuses on Hegel's political philosophy. It
brings together ten essays by six authors who present sharply
conflicting interpretations. Here are point-by-point discussions,
from differing perspectives, on Hegel's philosophy of the state and
his ideas about history and war, nationalism and liberty. Never
before have these issues been joined in comparable fashion in a
single volume. Sidney Hook sees Hegel as "the very model of a small
- minded, timid Continental conservative" and accuses him of "the
most specious reasoning that ever disgraced a philosopher," and E.
F. Carritt argues for a "totalitarian" reading of Hegel, while T.
M. Knox and Shlomo Avineri defend Hegel against these and other
charges. The book also contains a short contribution by Z. A.
Pelczynski and Walter Kaufmann's "The Hegel Myth and Its Method."
Walter Kaufmann, an outstanding historian of European ideas in
philosophy, furnished an introduction as well as footnotes that
help to clarify perplexing issues and in some cases seek to put an
end to long-lived errors. His analysis is itself a major
contribution to Hegel's political theories.
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