The Vitality of Contradiction: Hegel, Politics, and the Dialectic of Liberal-Capitalism

by Bruce Gilbert

In The Vitality of Contradiction, Bruce Gilbert provides an exposition of Hegel's political philosophy to establish not only that societies fail because of their contradictions, but also how the unsurpassable oppositions of social life cultivate freedom. He moves beyond Hegel's works to consider the limits of liberal-capitalism and the contemporary social movements around the world that stretch us beyond the global economic system. Drawing on key...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773542582
• ISBN13: 9780773542587
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.9"