Hegel and the History of Political Philosophy / Edition 1

by Gary Browning

Overview

This book relates Hegel to preceding and succeding political philosophers. The Hegelian notion of the interdependece of political philosophy and its history is demonstrated by the links established between Hegel and his predecessors and successors. Hegel's political theory is illuminated by essays which review critiques of his standpoint by Stirner, Marx and Collingwood. The relevance of Hegel to contemporary political philosophy is highlighted in essays which compare Hegel to Lyotard and Rawls.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780312220235
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	05/12/1999
Edition description:	1999
Pages:	185
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

Gary K. Browning is Professor of Politics at Oxford Brookes University.

Table of Contents

Introduction
• Plato and Hegel: Reason, Redemption and Political Construction
• Hegel's Plate: The Owl of Minerva, Political Philosophy and History
• Hobbes, Hegel and the Modern Self
• Stirner's Critique of Hegel: Geist and the Egoistic Exorcist
• The German Ideology, Stirner and Hegel: The Theory of History and the History of Theory
• Good and Bad Infinities in Hegel and Marx
• New Leviathans for Old: Collingwood's Hobbes and the Spirit of Hegel
• Lyotard's Hegel and the Dialectic of Modernity
• Rawls and Hegel: The Reasonable and the Rational in Theory and Practice
• Conclusion: Politics, Philosophy and Critique
• Index

Editorial Reviews

Assesses Hegel's (1770-1831) political thoughts by relating it to a number of predecessors and successors. Critiques his notion of the interdependence of political philosophy and its history. Surveys his own critical assimilation of Plato and Hobbes, and subsequent critiques of him by such thinkers as Stirner, Marx, and Collingwood. Also compares him to Lyotard and Rawls to highlight his contemporary relevance. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)

Booknews

'In this impressive comparative study, Gary Browning sets Hegel's political philosophy against the tradition that preceded him (Plato, Hobbes) and the one he has helped to shape (Stirner, Marx, Collingwood, Lyotard and even as Browning argues, Rawls). In so doing, Browning helps us arrive at a balanced assessment of Hegel's achievement, his place in the history of political thought, and his own contribution as an historian of ideas. This collection of essays provides an excellent way in to Hegel's political philosophy for those who are familiar with other figures from the tradition, whilst forcing Hegel scholars to test his ideas against different but related outlooks, and to question for themselves what is distinctive and living in the Hegelian position. It is accessible, well-informed and well-judged.' - Robert Sterne, Department of Philosophy, University of Sheffield Author of Hegel, Kant and the Structure of the Object, editor of G.W.F Hegel: Critical Assessments and past editor of the Bulletin of the Hegel Society of Great Britain.

'Browning's excellent and informative collection of essays considers Hegel's thought.' - Ian Fraser, Political Studies

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