ABSTRACT

Originally published in 1982, this volume examines the sources of British Hegelian thinking, the lines of its development and intellectual relationships among members of the school. The sources in this book include twentieth century Marxians who pioneered the move ‘back to Hegel’ such as Gramsci and Lukacs. It includes brief biographical entries of the principal British Hegelians and of minor figures wo paved the way for Hegel’s entry into British philosophy.

chapter |8 pages

Introduction

chapter Chapter 2|9 pages

The Prehistory of Hegelianism in Britain

chapter Chapter 4|4 pages

J.H. Stirling: Kant as the “Secret” of Hegel

chapter Chapter 5|8 pages

Hegel and Classical Scholarship at Oxford

chapter Chapter 6|7 pages

The Principle of Utility from Hume to Sidgwick

chapter Chapter 7|8 pages

F.H. Bradley: The Organic Theory of Society

chapter Chapter 8|7 pages

T.H. Green: The Pursuit of the Common Good

chapter Chapter 9|9 pages

Bernard Bosanquet: The Idealist Theory of the State

chapter Chapter 10|10 pages

Idealism, “Evolutionism” and Utilitarianism

chapter Chapter 11|7 pages

Idealism as a Substitute Religion

chapter Chapter 12|4 pages

R.B. Haldane: Hegelianism With “Dirty Hands”

chapter Chapter 13|8 pages

The Decline of British Hegelianism