Hegel and the Representative Constitution
Hegel and the Representative Constitution
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Summary
This important volume provides the first comprehensive historical discussion of the institutional dimension of G. W. F. Hegel's political thought. It also provides an accessible entry point into the Philosophy of Right and sheds new light on the history of democratic theory in early nineteenth-century Europe.
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Hegel and the Representative Constitution by Elias Buchetmann
Hegel and the Representative Constitution provides the first comprehensive historical discussion of the institutional dimension of G. W. F. Hegel's political thought. Elias Buchetmann traces this much-neglected aspect in unprecedented contextual detail and makes the case for reading the Philosophy of Right from 1820 as a contribution to the lively and widespread public debate on the constitutional question in contemporary Central Europe. Drawing on a broad range of primary source material, this volume illuminates the wider political discourse in post-Napoleonic Germany, carefully locates Hegel's institutional commitments within their immediate cultural and political context, and reveals him as something closer to a public intellectual. By exploring this indispensable thinker's demand for the constitutional protection of popular participation in government, it contributes beyond Hegel scholarship to shed new light on the history of democratic theory in early nineteenth-century Europe and encourages critical reflection on questions of representation today.
'The overview of German, but also European, intellectual and political life of the time will serve both those interested in the contextualization of Hegel's thought and those who study the history of law or the state of political science at that time' Florian Rada, Archives de philosophie
Elias Buchetmann is Research Associate and Lecturer in Early Modern History at the University of Rostock.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781009305952 |
| ISBN 10 | 1009305956 |
| Title | Hegel and the Representative Constitution |
| Author | Elias Buchetmann |
| Series | Ideas In Context |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2025-04-10 |
| Number of pages | 270 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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