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

by Terry Pinkard

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. In Does History Make Sense? Terry Pinkard argues that Hegel's understanding of historical progress is not the kind of teleological or progressivist account that its detractors claim, but is based on a subtle understanding of human subjectivity.

Pinkard shows that for...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674971779
• ISBN13: 9780674971776
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"