Hegel''s Idea of Freedom

Zusatztext a deliberate, well-written, and welcome addition to Hegel studies. It offers a detailed and persuasive account of Hegel's political thought that is driven rightly by his highest political good - freedom ... Patten offers helpful and interesting comparisons of Hegel's thought with Rousseau, Montesquieu, Marx, and especially Kant and Fichte. In addition, Patten maintains an on-going dialogue in the text and the notes with a variety of Hegel scholars on virtually every topic he considers ... Patten's study is well worth reading for students and scholars of Hegel's thought alike. Moreover, those who teach this often difficult thinker should add Patten's book to their list of secondary readings because of its clear and concise treatment of key approaches to, and issues in, Hegel's political thought. Informationen zum Autor Alan Patten is Associate Professor of Political Science at McGill University, Montreal. He was previously Lecturer in Politics at the University of Exeter. Klappentext This book offers the first full-length treatment in English of Hegel's idea of freedom - his theory of what it is to be free and his account of the social and political contexts in which this freedom is developed! realized! and sustained. Freedom is the value that Hegel most greatly admired and the central organizing concept of his social philosophy. Zusammenfassung Freedom is the value that Hegel most admired and the central organizing concept of his social philosophy. Alan Patten presents an interpretation of Hegel's idea of freedom, and offers answers to a number of central questions about his ethical and political thought. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction: Perspectives on Hegel's Idea of Freedom 2: Freedom as Rational Self-Determination 3: The Reciprocity Thesis in Kant and Hegel 4: Hegel and Social Contract Theory 5: Hegel's Justification of Private Property 6: A Civic Humanist Idea of Freedom Conclusion Bibliography Index ...

Product details

• Authors: Alan Patten, Alan ( Patten, Alan (Mcgill University Patten, Patten Alan
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.03.2002
• EAN: 9780199251568
• ISBN: 978-0-19-925156-8
• No. of pages: 230
• Series: Oxford Philosophical Monographs; Oxford Philosophical Monograph; Oxford Philosophical Monographs
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, Political science & theory, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Political science and theory, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, History of Western philosophy