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Hegel and the Freedom of Moderns
Domenico Losurdo
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Description for Hegel and the Freedom of Moderns
Paperback. Translated into English for the first time, this work portrays a different side of Hegel -- not just as a philosopher preoccupied with abstract ideas but a man deeply enmeshed and active in the pressing, concrete political issues of his time Translator(s): Morris, Marella; Morris, Jon. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 564.
Available in English for the first time, Hegel and the Freedom of Moderns revives discussion of the major political and philosophical tenets underlying contemporary liberalism through a revolutionary interpretation of G. W. F. Hegel’s thought. Domenico Losurdo, one of the world’s leading Hegelians, reveals that the philosopher was fully engaged with the political controversies of his time. In so doing, he shows how the issues addressed by Hegel in the nineteenth century resonate with many of the central political concerns of today, among them questions of community, nation, liberalism, and freedom. Based on an examination of Hegel’s entire corpus—including manuscripts, ... Read more
Available in English for the first time, Hegel and the Freedom of Moderns revives discussion of the major political and philosophical tenets underlying contemporary liberalism through a revolutionary interpretation of G. W. F. Hegel’s thought. Domenico Losurdo, one of the world’s leading Hegelians, reveals that the philosopher was fully engaged with the political controversies of his time. In so doing, he shows how the issues addressed by Hegel in the nineteenth century resonate with many of the central political concerns of today, among them questions of community, nation, liberalism, and freedom. Based on an examination of Hegel’s entire corpus—including manuscripts, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Series
Post-Contemporary Interventions
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822332916
SKU
V9780822332916
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About Domenico Losurdo
Domenico Losurdo is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Urbino and President of the International Hegel-Marx Society for Dialectical Thought. He is the author of numerous books in Italian.
Reviews for Hegel and the Freedom of Moderns
“Hegel and the Freedom of Moderns constitutes an extremely valuable and original contribution to the study of the genealogy of modernity and of bourgeois culture.”—Joseph A. Buttigieg, editor, The Prison Notebooks of Antonio Gramsci “Domenico Losurdo is one of the great contemporary authorities on Hegel; his work needs to be known in the English-speaking world.”—Fredric Jameson, Duke University