Modern Individuality In Hegel's Practical Philosophy Hegels Konzeption Praktischer Individualität. English

In __Modern Individuality in Hegel’s Practical Philosophy__, Erzsébet Rózsa aims to reconstruct Hegel’s theory of individuality in the light of his idea of modernity. Modern individuality is one of the central topics of Hegel’s practical philosophy, discussed systematically in the forms of subjectivity in subjective, objective, and practical spirit. Hegel interpreted modern existence and lifeworld in the context of law, politics, economy, and private life. “Infinite subjective freedom” is the historical principle of the “modern age”, as well as the basic determination of modern individual forms of existence and knowledge. Modern form of life and mentality based on the values and practical actions of self-knowledge and self-determination is an achievement of historical significance. This radical turn, however, gives a new perspective to the problem of good life: the normative role of substantial values is overshadowed by the stabilizing function of the “objective order” of institutions. Michael Quante: Foreword Part A: Individuality in the Perspective of Hegel’s Theory of Modernity and the Dimensions of the System 1 Individuality in the Hegelian Concept of Modernity 2 Extra Significance in the Dimensions of the System Part B: Lifeworld, Forms of Identity and Identity Crises in Modernity 3 The Systematic Conceptual Determinations of Modern Individuality 4 Identity and Forms of Identity. Symptoms of the Crisis of Personal Identity in the Social and Gender Role of Man 5 The Self-Determination/Self-Disposal of Individuals in the World of Politics and Right. The Hegelian Conception of the Modern Culture of Freedom Part C: Higher Forms of the Individuals’ “Educated Consciousness” in Modernity. Relativization of the Absolute and Absolutization of Subjectivity 6 Modern Individual’s Idealtypical Relation to God: “Subjective Religiosity” as “Faith in Feeling” 7 Hegel’s Modern Antigone in the Phenomenology of the Spirit: Symptoms of the Modern Individual’s Mediocrity in a Great Personality of the Ancient World 8 Types of Individuality in Modern (Romantic) Art: Christ, the Knight, the Honest Citizen, and the Comedian Epilogue Modern individuality is the not-so-secret protagonist of Hegel's practical philosophy. In the framework of spirit, Hegel presents some basic features of the individual's way of life, lifeworld, self-interpreation, and self-determination, which can also be timely in shaping our own personal and social identities. By Erzsébet Rózsa ; Translated By Tamas Nyirkos. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [301]-307) And Index.