Lectures on natural right and political science the first philosophy of right ; Heidelberg 1817 - 1818, with additions from the lectures of 1818 - 1819

Philosophy of Right remains among the most influential works in Western political theory. It introduces a notion of civil society that has proven of inestimable importance to diverse philosophical and social agendas. In this transcription of the lectures that formed the initial version of Hegel's text, the philosopher presents his thought with a clarity and directness seldom matched in his later writings. Nowhere does Hegel make clearer the difference between his concept of objective spirit and traditional concepts of natural law. Nowhere does he offer a more prominent treatment of the key notion of recognition. The long-awaited appearance of this first English-language translation of these lectures is a major event for Hegel scholars, philosophers, and political theorists.

Philosophy of Right remains among the most influential works in Western political theory. It introduces a notion of civil society that has proven of inestimable importance to diverse philosophical and social agendas.
In this transcription of the lectures that formed the initial version of Hegel's text, the philosopher presents his thought with a clarity and directness seldom matched in his later writings. Nowhere does Hegel make clearer the difference between his concept of objective spirit and traditional concepts of natural law. Nowhere does he offer a more prominent treatment of the key notion of recognition. The long-awaited appearance of this first English-language translation of these lectures is a major event for Hegel scholars, philosophers, and political theorists.

The free will, at the stage when its concept is still abstract,occurs as an immediate existence [unmittelbares Dasein];for while the concept is found utterly and solely as idea, its immediate reality is abstract being,and as the reality of absolute negativity its reality is here the being of the individual [das Sein des Einzelnen]. "Philosophy of Right" remains among the most influential works in Western political theory. It introduces a notion of civil society that has proven of great importance to diverse philosophical and social agendas. This book contains the lectures that formed the initial version of Hegel's text.