The Disjunctive Logic of the World: Thinking Global Civil Society with Hegel (Transmission)

"There is today a cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural recognition of the need to reconceptualize the complexities of the global reality. In this study the authors present the view that a rethinking of Hegel's concept of Civil Society has the potential to meet this need. They argue that the standard interpretations of Hegel are largely misplaced and that a properly systemic reading of the concepts of Civil Society, the State and their relationship, has the potential to shed new light on our understandings of the normative implications of global processes ranging from the effects of economic globalization to the global activism of NGOs and social movements, to international relations and the question of global governance. The authors also engage with discussions of (global) civil society from a range of disciplines and cultural and intellectual traditions to illustrate the benefits of rethinking the Hegelian concept of Civil Society."--Site web de l'éditeur Cover 1 Title page 2 Series page 3 Full Title page 4 Copyright 5 Contents 6 Acknowledgments 8 1. Thinking Global Civil Society 10 2. Reading Hegel Systemically 42 3. The Sylllogistic Terms of the Concept of Civil Society 76 4. Civil Society as a System of Interdependence 90 5. Civil Society’s Ethical Aspect and Global Significance 102 6. From The Hypothetical to the Disjunctive Syllogism and Civil Society’s System Differentiation 130 7. The Logic of the Estates and Global Civil Society 150 8. The Corporation as an Aspect of Ethical Life in the Global Order 168 9. The Police, The Welfare State and Global Governance 182 Conclusion 200 The Transition to Objectivity and Hegel’s Ethical State 200 References 206 Rear Cover 218