In Hegelas Idea of the Good Life, Joshua D. Goldstein presents the first book-length study of the development and meaning of Hegelas account of human flourishing. This volume will be welcomed by philosophers and political theorists seeking to engage with the details of Hegelas early and mature social thought. By bringing Hegelas earliest writings into dialogue with his Philosophy of Right, Goldstein argues that Hegelas mature political philosophy should be understood as a response to his youthful failure to build a sustainable account of the good life upon the foundations of ancient virtue. This study reveals how Hegelas mature response integrates ancient concerns for the well-ordered life and modern concerns for autonomy in a new, robust conception of selfhood that can be actualized across the full expanse of the modern political community.I. From the Human to the Spiritual Foundations of the Good Life In the trajectory that ran from the Tubingen essay through the ... Like the Phenomenology of Spirit (1806), the Philosophy of Right begins with our ordinary experience and aims to anbsp;...
Title | : | Hegel's Idea of the Good Life |
Author | : | Joshua D. Goldstein |
Publisher | : | Springer Science & Business Media - 2005-10-13 |
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