Lectures on natural right and political science : the first philosophy of right : Heidelberg, 1817-1818, with additions from the lectures of 1818-1819 / Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel ; transcribed by Peter Wannenmann ; edited by the staff of the Hegel Archives ; with an introduction by Otto Pöggeler ; translated by J. Michael Stewart and Peter C. Hodgson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770-1831.

Contributor:

Wannenmann, P. (Peter)

Ruhr-Universität Bochum. Hegel-Archiv.

Standardized Title:

Vorlesungen über Naturrecht und Staatswissenschaft. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Natural law.

Political science.

State, The.

Physical Description:

x, 356 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, [1995]

Summary:

"Philosophy of Right" remains among the most influential works in Western political theory. It introduces a notion of civil society that has proven of inestimable importance to diverse philosophical and social agendas. In this transcription of the lectures that formed the initial version of Hegel's text, the philosopher presents his thought with a clarity and directness seldom matched in his later writings. Nowhere does Hegel make clearer the difference between his concept of objective spirit and traditional concepts of natural law. Nowhere does he offer a more prominent treatment of the key notion of recognition. The long-awaited appearance of this first English-language translation of these lectures is a major event for Hegel scholars, philosophers, and political theorists.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-338) and index.

ISBN:

0520201043

OCLC:

32894671