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This book boldly restores Hegel's rational theism to the center of his thought, thereby bringing Hegel's full originality to bear on contemporary issues in political theory.
List of contents
Introduction; Part I. The Circularity Problem: 1. The limit of cognition; 2. The limit of action; Part II. The Bridge: 3. The ridde of the Phenomenology of Spirit; 4. History conceptually understood; Part III. Institutional Preconditions: 5. The reasonableness of what is; 6. Authority, constitutionalism, justice; 7. Hegel and internationalism; Conclusion.
About the author
Alan Brudner is Professor Emeritus of Law and Political Science at the University of Toronto, where he has taught Hegel's political and legal thought for over thirty years. He has previously published three books elaborating a Hegelian interpretation of public and private law. They are: The Unity of the Common Law: Studies in Hegelian Jurisprudence (1995, rev. ed. with Jennifer Nadler, 2013), Constitutional Goods (2004), and Punishment and Freedom (2009). He has held visiting fellowships at Oxford University and University of Cambridge. In 2011, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
Summary
The book is for philosophers, political philosophers, political scientists, legal theorists, and advanced students in philosophy, political science, and law, all of whom will benefit from its bringing Hegel's attempted reconciliation of faith and reason to bear on questions concerning the nature, possibility, and institutional requisites of the just state.
