Lexington Books
Pages: 412
Trim: 6¼ x 9
978-0-7391-2979-1 • Hardback • July 2009 • $132.00 • (£102.00)
978-0-7391-2980-7 • Paperback • August 2010 • $54.99 • (£42.00)
978-0-7391-2981-4 • eBook • June 2009 • $52.00 • (£40.00)
Timothy C. Luther is professor of political science at California Baptist University and author of Lobbyists, Congress, and Gridlock: Private Money v. Public Interest, Hegel and Marx: Economics and Politics, and The Political Philosophy of Democracy: Its Origins, Promises, and Perils.
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel: His Philosophy and Context
Chapter 3. Hegel's Philosophy of History: The Odyssey of Liberty
Chapter 4. Hegel's Sittlichkeit: Individual Freedom in Ethical Life
Chapter 5. The Family and Bürgerliche Gesellschaft: Hegel's Realm of Particular Freedom
Chapter 6. Autonomy and Solidarity: Hegel's Rechtsstaat
Chapter 7. The Emergence of Hegelianism: Right and Left Movements
Chapter 8. Nineteenth-Century Rejections of Hegelianism
Chapter 9. Hegel and Postmodernism
Chapter 10. Hegel Today
This is a very thorough, substantive, and readable discussion of the issue of individual freedom and the community in Hegel's thought. It is centered on his Philosophy of Right, but in the double context of his philosophy of history and the post-Hegelian history of European modernity. What makes the book most interesting and relevant is the author's Hegelian reflections on contemporary globalization, whose economic consequences we are now beginning to suffer due to individualism gone mad. I would heartily recommend it to educated readers, Hegel scholars, and political philosophers alike.
— Anselm K. Min, Claremont Graduate University
It is a sign of [Luther's] achievement that he is able to provide clear explanations of the dialectic and ofGeist; ...Luther has done us a great service by indicating the pressing need to think about the tension between the individual good and the common good, especially in light of our current economic woes. He has drawn up a detailed map of the Hegelian territory and marked the locations of buried treasure. We should be grateful for his exegetical and philosophic labors.
— Perspectives on Politics
Luther provides a thoroughly clear presentation of Hegel?s political philosophy. But more importantly, through the use of concrete examples, he demonstrates connections between Hegel?s philosophy and contemporary political issues. The result is that Luther makes Hegel much more accessible to undergraduate students, an impressive achievement given Hegel's notorious reputation.
— Patrick Horn, Claremont Graduate University