Shapes of Freedom: Hegel's Philosophy of World History in Theological Perspective

by Peter C. Hodgson

Peter C. Hodgson explores Hegel's bold vision of history as the progress of the consciousness of freedom. Following an introductory chapter on the textual sources, the key categories, and the modes of writing history that Hegel distinguishes, Hodgson presents a new interpretation of Hegel's conception of freedom. Freedom is not simply a human production, but takes shape through the interweaving of the divine idea and human passions, and such freedom...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199654956
• ISBN13: 9780199654956
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"