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One of Hegel's most controversial and confounding claims is that
"the real is rational and the rational is real." In this book, one
of the world's leading scholars of Hegel, Jean-Francois Kervegan,
offers a thorough analysis and explanation of that claim, along the
way delivering a compelling account of modern social, political,
and ethical life. Kervegan begins with Hegel's term "objective
spirit," the public manifestation of our deepest commitments, the
binding norms that shape our existence as subjects and agents. He
examines objective spirit in three realms: the notion of right, the
theory of society, and the state. In conversation with Tocqueville
and other theorists of democracy, whether in the Anglophone world
or in Europe, Kervegan shows how Hegel--often associated with grand
metaphysical ideas--actually had a specific conception of civil
society and the state. In Hegel's view, public institutions
represent the fulfillment of deep subjective needs--and in that
sense, demonstrate that the real is the rational, because what
surrounds us is the product of our collective mindedness. This
groundbreaking analysis will guide the study of Hegel and
nineteenth-century political thought for years to come.
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The Challenge of Carl Schmitt (Paperback)
Chantal Mouffe; Contributions by Agostino Carrino, Carl Schmitt, Catherine Colliot-Thelene, David Dyzenhaus, …
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Carl Schmitt's thought serves as a warning against the dangers of
complacency entailed by triumphant liberalism. His conception of
politics is a sharp challenge to those who believe that the
blurring of frontiers between the left and right and the increasing
mobilization of political discourse constitute great advances for
democracy. Schmitt reminds us forcefully that the essence of
politics is a struggle and that the distinction between friend and
enemy cannot be abolished.
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