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9780415698474 0415698472 For over one hundred and fifty years G.W.F. Hegel's ghost has haunted theoretical understanding and practice. His opponents first, and later his defenders, have equally defined their programs against and with his. In this way Hegel's political thought has both situated and displaced modern political theorizing. This book takes the reception of Hegel's political thought as a lens through which contemporary methodological and ideological prerogatives are exposed. It traces the nineteenth century origins of the positivist revolt against Hegel's legacy forward to political science's turn away from philosophical tradition in the twentieth century. The book critically reviews the subsequent revisionist trend that has eliminated his metaphysics from contemporary considerations of his political thought. It then moves to re-evaluate their relation and defend their inseparability in his major work on politics: the Philosophy of Right . Against this background, the book concludes with an argument for the inherent metaphysical dimension of political theorizing itself. Goodfield takes Hegel's reception, representation, as well as rejection in Anglo-American scholarship as a mirror in which its metaphysical presuppositions of the political are exceptionally well reflected. It is through such reflection, he argues, that we may begin to come to terms with them. This book will be of great interest to students, scholars, and readers of political theory and philosophy, Hegel, metaphysics and the philosophy of the social sciences., This book examines the relation of Hegel's politics to his metaphysics in light of the controversy this issue has inspired over the last fifty years and to consider its larger implications for contemporary social and political thought. Goodfield reads Hegel's devotion to the resolution of fundamental philosophical problems as both useful and necessary to the promotion and progression of modern and contemporary political theory. Recognition of this interaction between core philosophical and political questions represents an important contribution to the contemporary field of political thought. It features Overview of the nineteenth and twentieth century revolts against systematic philosophy and Hegel's legacy Coverage of thetwentieth century turn away from philosophical trends within political science and this turn's impact on political theory In-depth readings of Hegel's metaphysical and political thought in the context of the history of ideas A case for the reassessment and reengagement of contemporary political thought with philosophical tradition and its contemporary endeavors. It will be of strong interest to students and scholars of Hegel, modern political thought, political philosophy and political theory., This book examines the relation of Hegele(tm)s politics to his metaphysics in light of the controversy this issue has inspired over the last fifty years and to consider its larger implications for contemporary social and political thought. Goodfield reads Hegele(tm)s devotion to the resolution of fundamental philosophical problems as both useful and necessary to the promotion and progression of modern and contemporary political theory. Recognition of this interaction between core philosophical and political questions represents an important contribution to the contemporary field of political thought. It features Overview of the nineteenth and twentieth century revolts against systematic philosophy and Hegele(tm)s legacy Coverage of the twentieth century turn away from philosophical trends within political science and this turne(tm)s impact on political theory In-depth readings of Hegele(tm)s metaphysical and political thought in the context of the history of ideas A case for the reassessment and reengagement of contemporary political thought with philosophical tradition and its contemporary endeavors. It will be of strong interest to students and scholars of Hegel, modern political thought, political philosophy and political theory.
9780415698474 0415698472 For over one hundred and fifty years G.W.F. Hegel's ghost has haunted theoretical understanding and practice. His opponents first, and later his defenders, have equally defined their programs against and with his. In this way Hegel's political thought has both situated and displaced modern political theorizing. This book takes the reception of Hegel's political thought as a lens through which contemporary methodological and ideological prerogatives are exposed. It traces the nineteenth century origins of the positivist revolt against Hegel's legacy forward to political science's turn away from philosophical tradition in the twentieth century. The book critically reviews the subsequent revisionist trend that has eliminated his metaphysics from contemporary considerations of his political thought. It then moves to re-evaluate their relation and defend their inseparability in his major work on politics: the Philosophy of Right . Against this background, the book concludes with an argument for the inherent metaphysical dimension of political theorizing itself. Goodfield takes Hegel's reception, representation, as well as rejection in Anglo-American scholarship as a mirror in which its metaphysical presuppositions of the political are exceptionally well reflected. It is through such reflection, he argues, that we may begin to come to terms with them. This book will be of great interest to students, scholars, and readers of political theory and philosophy, Hegel, metaphysics and the philosophy of the social sciences., This book examines the relation of Hegel's politics to his metaphysics in light of the controversy this issue has inspired over the last fifty years and to consider its larger implications for contemporary social and political thought. Goodfield reads Hegel's devotion to the resolution of fundamental philosophical problems as both useful and necessary to the promotion and progression of modern and contemporary political theory. Recognition of this interaction between core philosophical and political questions represents an important contribution to the contemporary field of political thought. It features Overview of the nineteenth and twentieth century revolts against systematic philosophy and Hegel's legacy Coverage of thetwentieth century turn away from philosophical trends within political science and this turn's impact on political theory In-depth readings of Hegel's metaphysical and political thought in the context of the history of ideas A case for the reassessment and reengagement of contemporary political thought with philosophical tradition and its contemporary endeavors. It will be of strong interest to students and scholars of Hegel, modern political thought, political philosophy and political theory., This book examines the relation of Hegele(tm)s politics to his metaphysics in light of the controversy this issue has inspired over the last fifty years and to consider its larger implications for contemporary social and political thought. Goodfield reads Hegele(tm)s devotion to the resolution of fundamental philosophical problems as both useful and necessary to the promotion and progression of modern and contemporary political theory. Recognition of this interaction between core philosophical and political questions represents an important contribution to the contemporary field of political thought. It features Overview of the nineteenth and twentieth century revolts against systematic philosophy and Hegele(tm)s legacy Coverage of the twentieth century turn away from philosophical trends within political science and this turne(tm)s impact on political theory In-depth readings of Hegele(tm)s metaphysical and political thought in the context of the history of ideas A case for the reassessment and reengagement of contemporary political thought with philosophical tradition and its contemporary endeavors. It will be of strong interest to students and scholars of Hegel, modern political thought, political philosophy and political theory.