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The State and Civil Society

The State and Civil Society Studies in Hegel's Political Philosophy

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Publisher's Synopsis

The state and civil society were first distinguished by Hegel in The Philosophy of Right as two stages in the dialectical development from the family to the nation. The distinction has remained perhaps the most vital of Hegel's discoveries in political philosophy, though its importance is not confined to the interpretation of Hegel's own views. The essays in this volume, focus on this distinction in their consideration of Hegel's political philosophy - his attempted (re)construction of modern ethical life. Not all the contributors agree in their assessment of Hegel, and they approach his views from a number of directions: setting them against their historical background, critically interpreting them in the context of his own thought and of the subsequent tradition, and evaluating how far they help us to understand present social reality. In past years Hegel's political thought has been the subject of a remarkable growth of interest.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780521247931
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 320.50924
DEWEY edition: 19
Language: English
Number of pages: 327
Weight: 59g
Height: 228mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 21mm