Research Catalog

Title

Elements of the philosophy of right / G.W.F. Hegel ; edited by Allen W. Wood, professor of philosophy, Cornell University ; translated by H.B. Nisbet, professor of modern languages, University of Cambridge and fellow of Sidney Sussex College.

Author

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770-1831

Publication

Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1991.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Wood, Allen W.
• Nisbet, H. B. (Hugh Barr)

Description

lii, 514 pages; 22 cm

Summary

This book is a translation of a classic work of modern social and political thought. Elements of the Philosophy of Right, Hegel's last major published work, is an attempt to systematize ethical theory, natural right, the philosophy of law, political theory, and the sociology of the modern state into the framework of Hegel's philosophy of history. Hegel's work has been interpreted in radically different ways, influencing many political movements from far right to far left, and is widely perceived as central to the communitarian tradition in modern ethical, social, and political thought. This edition includes extensive editorial material informing the reader of the historical background of Hegel's text, and explaining his allusions to Roman law and other sources, making use of lecture materials which have only recently become available. The new translation is literal, readable, and consistent, and will be informative and scholarly enough to serve the needs of students and specialists alike.

Series Statement

Cambridge texts in the history of political thought

Uniform Title

• Grundlinien der Philosophie des Rechts. English
• Cambridge texts in the history of political thought.

Alternative Title

Grundlinien der Philosophie des Rechts.

Subject

• Law > Philosophy
• Natural law
• State, The
• Political science
• Ethics
• Ethics
• Droit naturel
• État
• Morale
• Rechtsfilosofie
• Ethiek
• Natuurrecht
• Philosophy, German > 19th century
• Politics Philosophy

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 496-499) and indexes.

Language (note)

• English translation of: Grundlinien der Philosophie des Rechts.

Contents

Editor's introduction -- Chronology -- Translator's preface -- Key to abbreviations -- Elements of the philosophy of right -- Editorial notes -- Glossary -- Select bibliography -- Index of subjects -- Index of names.

ISBN

• 0521344387
• 9780521344388
• 0521348889
• 9780521348881
• 0521348899 (canceled/invalid)
• 9780521344387 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

90021617

OCLC

• ocm22708616
• 22708616
• SCSB-2917451

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries