Hegel Reconsidered: Beyond Metaphysics and the Authoritarian State

by T. Pinkard, Jane Wong, H. Tristram Engelhardt Jr.

Book Overview

Much of contemporary philosophy, political theory, and social thought has been shaped directly or indirectly by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, though there is considerable disagreement about how his work should be understood. He has been described both as a metaphysician and characterized as an ironic narrator who anticipated the character of philosophy after metaphysics. His position is equally ambiguous with regard to his political thought. He has...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0792326296
• ISBN13: 9780792326298
• Release Date: April 1994
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"