Reason and Revolution: Hegel and the Rise of Social Theory (Humanities paperback library) - Softcover

Marcuse, Herbert

 
9780391029996: Reason and Revolution: Hegel and the Rise of Social Theory (Humanities paperback library)

Synopsis

This classic book is Marcuse's masterful interpretation of Hegel's philosophy and the influence it has had on European political thought from the French Revolution to the present day. Marcuse brilliantly illuminates the implications of Hegel's ideas with later developments in European thought, particularily with Marxist theory.

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Synopsis

This is an interpretation of Hegel's philosophy and its bearing on European thought from the French revolution to modern times. First published in 1954, this book includes an epilogue in which Marcuse analyzes developments and changes in social and political theory occasioned by the challenge that the Soviet Union presents to the phulosophy of society and the individual.

About the Author

Herbert Marcuse taught at Columbia, Harvard, and Brandeis universities before his death in 1979.

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