The Actual and the Rational: Hegel and Objective Spirit

Synopsis

Preface: Hegel Without Metaphysics? -- Prologue. The Actual And The Rational -- Part I: The Law: The Positivity Of Abstraction. Law: Its Concept And Actualizations -- Between Nature And History: The Law -- Contract: The Legal Conditions Of The Social -- Part Ii: The Vitality And Flaws Of The Social. Citoyen Versus Bourgeois? The Quest For The Spirit Of The Whole -- The State Of Law: Civil Society -- Ethicality Lost In Its Extremes -- Part Iii: The State And The Political. Tocqueville-hegel: A Silent Dialogue On Modernity -- A Theory Of Representation -- Beyond Democracy -- Part Iv: Figures Of Subjectivity In Objective Spirit: Normativity And Institutions. The Truth Of Morality -- The Conditions Of Political Subjectivity -- Subjects, Norms, And Institutions: What Is An Ethical Life? -- Epilogue: The Passion Of The Concept. Jean-françois Kervégan ; Translated By Daniela Ginsburg And Martin Shuster. Translated From The French. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.