Hegel and the Frontiers of Political Thought
Toward a Metaphysics of the Social
By Eric Goodfield
To Be Published June 30th 2013 by Routledge – 240 pages
Description
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 the twentieth 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.
Contents
1. Introduction. Origins of the Debate: Hegel and His Critics 2. Background: Hegel’s Metaphysics and the Legacy of its Criticism 3. Hegel’s Political Philosophy and 20th c. Methodological Revisionism 4. The Metaphysical Foundations of Right: The Logic and Political Dialectic 5. Conclusion: Hegel and the Prescriptive Case for Metaphysically Informed Political Theory
Author Bio
Eric Lee Goodfield is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science in the American University of Beirut, Lebanon.
Name: Hegel and the Frontiers of Political Thought: Toward a Metaphysics of the Social (Hardback) – Routledge
Description: By Eric Goodfield. 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...
Categories: Political Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Modern Political Theory, Continental Philosophy, Modern Philosophy (16th Century-18th Century), Philosophy of Social Science, Hegel, Philosophy, Politics & International Relations, Political Theory