Hegel's Idea of Freedom

Erscheinungsjahr 1999
ISBN: 978-0-19-823770-9
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 464 g

Freedom is the value that Hegel most greatly admired and the central organizing concept of his social philosophy. Alan Patten 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.

Patten's investigation illuminates and resolves a number of central questions concerning Hegel's ethics and political theory. Is Hegel's outlook unacceptably conservative? Can freedom be equated with rational self-determination? Is there any special connection between freedom and citizenship? By offering interpretations of Hegels views on these and other questions, Patten develops an original 'civic humanist' reading of Hegel's social philosophy that restores to its proper, central place Hegel's idea of freedom.

The book is written in a clear and jargon-free style and will be of interest to anyone concerned with Hegel's ethical, social, and political thought and the sources of contemporary ideas about freedom, community, and the state.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Patten, Alan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Methodenlehre

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

Über Autor(innen)

Alan Patten is Assistant Professor of Political Science at McGill University, Montreal. He was previously Lecturer in Politics at the University of Exeter.