The Owl and the Rooster: Hegel's Transformative Political Science by Alan NEUF outlet

Product Name: The Owl and the Rooster: Hegel's Transformative Political Science by Alan NEUF outlet
EAN：9781316647813 UPC：9781316647813 ISBN：9781316647813 MPN：N/A outlet Format：Paperback, 397 pages
Since 1945, there have been two waves of Anglo-American writing on Hegels political thought. The first defended it against works portraying Hegel as an apologist of Prussian reaction and a theorist of totalitarian nationalism. The second presented Hegel as a civic humanist critic of liberalism in the tradition of Rousseau. The first suppressed elements of Hegels thought that challenge liberalisms individualistic premises; the second downplayed Hegels theism. This book recovers what was lost in each wave. It restores aspects of Hegels political thought unsettling to liberal beliefs, yet that lead to a state more liberal than Lockes and Kants, which retain authoritarian elements. It also scrutinizes Hegels claim to have justified theism to rational insight, hence to have made it conformable to Enlightenment standards of admissible public discourse. And it seeks to show how, for Hegel, the wholeness unique to divinity is realizable among humans without concession or compromise and what role philosophy must play in its final achievement. Lastly, we are shown what form Hegels philosophy can take in a world not yet prepared for his science. Here is Hegels political thought undistorted..