Hegel's Idea of Freedom

Name: Hegel's Idea of Freedom
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ISBN: 9780198237709

ISBN-10: 0198237707

ISBN-13: 9780198237709

Edition: 1999

Authors: Alan Patten

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Freedom is the value that Hegel most greatly admired and the central organizing concept of his social philosophy. Alan Patten offers the first full-length treatment in English of Hegel's idea of freedom - his theory of what it is to be free and his account of the social and political contexts in which this freedom is developed, realized, and sustained. Patten's investigation illuminates and resolves a number of central questions concerning Hegel's ethics and political theory. Is Hegel's outlook unacceptably conservative? Can freedom be equated with rational self-determination? Is there any special connection between freedom and citizenship? By offering interpretations of Hegels views on…

Book details

List price: $94.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/30/1999
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 232
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.50" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.858
Language: English

Alan Patten is professor of politics at Princeton University. He is the author of "Hegel's Idea of Freedom" and the editor of the journal "Philosophy & Public Affairs".




Introduction: Perspectives on Hegel's Idea of Freedom



Freedom as Rational Self-Determination



The Reciprocity Thesis in Kant and Hegel



Hegel and Social Contract Theory



Hegel's Justification of Private Property



A Civic Humanist Idea of Freedom


Conclusion


Bibliography


Index