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Zusatztext "This volume is a welcome reminder that there are underutilized theoretical resources in Hegel for thinking through the hopes and disappointments of modern politics." - Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews"The volume is logically divided into three sections: the first deals with the larger connection between Hegel's metaphysics and his political philosophy; the second section with both the metaphysics of Hegel's political philosophy and its distinction from Kant-an important topic! given the Anglo-American reception of Hegel; and the third section with topics more specific to Hegel's political philosophy.Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty."-S. Barnett! Central Connecticut State University Informationen zum Autor Michael J. Thompson is Associate Professor of Political Theory in the Department of Political Science at William Patterson University. His most recent books include The Domestication of Critical Theory, Political Judgment and the Crisis of Modernity and Twilight of the Self: The Eclipse of Autonomy in Modern Society. Zusammenfassung This book explores the relation between Hegel’s metaphysics and his political, social, and practical philosophy. The essays seek to explore what normative insights and positions can be obtained from examining Hegel’s distinctive view of the metaphysical dimensions of political philosophy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Michael J. Thompson Part I: The Relation of Hegel’s Metaphysics and Political Theory 1, The Course of God: Reading Hegel Peter J. Steinberger 2. The Metaphysics of Spirit and Hegel’s Philosophy of Politics Andrew Buchwalter 3. Speculative Logic as Practical Philosophy: Political Life in Times of Crisis Angelica Nuzzo 4. Metaphysics and the Poverty of Liberal-Positives Political Thought Eric Goodfield Part II: Ontology, Metaphysics and Practical Reason 5. The Metaphysical Infrastructure of Hegel’s Practical Philosophy Michael J. Thompson 6. The Metaphysics of Rational Action: Kantian and Aristotelian Themes in Hegel’s Absolute Idealism Sebastian Stein 7. Against the Post-Kantian Interpretation of Hegel; A Study in Proto-Marxist Metaphysics Michael Morris 8. Objective Spirit: Hegel’s Normative Social Ontology Kevin Thompson Part III: Metaphysics, History and the Structures of Ethical Life 9. Family Structures as Fields of Historical Tension: A Case Study in the Relation of Metaphysics and Politics Christopher Yeomans 10. Hegel’s Metaphysics of Marriage: Teleology, Ontology, and Sexually Embodied Freedom in the Philosophy of Right ’s Account of the Family Joshua D. Goldstein 11. Tiger Stripes and Embodied Systems: Hegel on Markets and Models David Kolb 12. Hegel and the End of a Particular Historical Development Matthew Smetona ...
