ABSTRACT
This book explores and details the actuality (Aktualität) of Hegel’s social and political philosophy--its relevance, topicality, and contemporary validity. It asserts--against the assumptions of those in a wide range of traditions--that Hegel’s thought not only remains relevant to debates in current social and political theory, but is capable of productively enhancing and enriching those debates. The book is divided into three main sections. Part 1 considers the actuality of Hegel’s social and political thought in the context of a constructed dialogues with later social and political theorists, including Marx, Adorno, Habermas, and Rawls. Part 2 explores Hegel’s internal criticism of Enlightenment rationality as well as the unique manner in which his thought reaffirms both the classical tradition of politics and the Christian conception of freedom in order to deepen and further develop our understanding of modernity and modern secularity. Part 3 considers Hegel’s contribution to current theorizing about globalization.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |37 pages
Introduction
part |72 pages
Normative Political Theory in Dialogue
chapter |20 pages
Hegel, Marx, and the Concept of Immanent Critique
chapter |22 pages
Hegel, Adorno, and the Concept of Transcendent Critique
chapter |14 pages
Political Pluralism in Hegel and Rawls
part |87 pages
Modernity and Secularity
chapter |25 pages
Hegel and the Doctrine of Expressivism
chapter |17 pages
Hegel, Hobbes, Kant, and the Scienticization of Practical Philosophy
chapter |26 pages
Hegel's Concept of Virtue
chapter |17 pages
Political Theology and Modern Republicanism
part |55 pages
Globality, Global Justice, and Interculturalism