Philosophy of Right (Dover Philosophical Classics) - Softcover

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0486445631 ISBN 13: 9780486445632

Publisher: Dover Publications Inc., 2005

Synopsis

In this 1821 classic, Hegel applies his most important concept ― the dialectics ― to law, rights, morality, the family, economics, and the state. The philosopher defines universal right as the synthesis between the thesis of an individual acting in accordance with the law and the occasional conflict of an antithetical desire to follow private convictions.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Hegel's Philosophy of Right was the last of his major works to be published in his lifetime. It contains his mature views on such subjects as law, rights, morality, the family, economic life, and the state. Ever since its publication in 1821 it has been variously interpreted: it profoundly influenced Marx and the development of Communism; Bosanquet found in it the basis of Democracy; while some modern writers regard it as one of the origins of national Socialism. This new translation is complete, and it has been made as literal as possible in order to allow Hegel to speak for himself.

About the Author:

G. W. F. Hegel (1770-1831) was one of the leading German philosophers of the nineteenth century. He taught at the University of Heidelberg and the University of Berlin, where he wrote his most important works, "The Phenomenology of the Spirit "(1870) and the "Encyclopedia of the Philosophical Sciences "(1818).
Lisa Marie Anderson is an assistant professor in the Department of German at Hunter College, City University of New York. She resides in New York City.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0486445631
• ISBN 13: 9780486445632
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272