Does History Make Sense? - Hegel on the Historical Shapes of Justice

Informationen zum Autor Terry Pinkard is University Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University. Klappentext Hegel¿s philosophy of history¿which most critics view as a theory of inevitable progress toward modern European civilization¿is widely regarded as a failure today. Terry Pinkard¿s spirited defense of the Hegelian view, based on a subtle understanding of human subjectivity, will play a central role in contemporary reevaluations of Hegel¿s work. Zusammenfassung Hegel’s philosophy of history—which most critics view as a theory of inevitable progress toward modern European civilization—is widely regarded as a failure today. Terry Pinkard’s spirited defense of the Hegelian view, based on a subtle understanding of human subjectivity, will play a central role in contemporary reevaluations of Hegel’s work.

Product details

• Authors: Pinkard, Terry Pinkard
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2017
• EAN: 9780674971776
• ISBN: 978-0-674-97177-6
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Fiction > Gift books, albums, perpetual calendars, postcard booklets; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; HISTORY / Historiography, PHILOSOPHY / Individual Philosophers, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Critical Theory, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Idealism, Social & political philosophy, Historiography, Western philosophy: Enlightenment