Author	Peperzak, Adriaan Th. author
Title	Philosophy and Politics [electronic resource] : A Commentary on the Preface to Hegel's Philosophy of Right / by Adriaan Th. Peperzak
Imprint	Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1987
Connect to	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-9624-9
Descript	150 p. online resource

There is a didactical as well as a philosophical importance to providing a commentary on the Preface to Hegel's handbook on the philosophy of right. Considering the fact that the text brings us the thought of a great and difficult philosopher in a non-rigorous, "exoteric" way, it is well suited to the task of introducing students to the world of thinkยญ ing. It is, however, too difficult to do this without being supplemented by some explanation. Analysis and hints for further study are necessiยญ tated here by both the interweaving of political and philosophical viewpoints and the philosophical presuppositions with which this Preface is full. The philosophical importance of a commentary on Hegel's text can be found partially in the incessant quotation of the Preface in the literature on Hegel's philosophy to justify very different and contraยญ dictory interpretations. As long as the specialists do not agree about the meaning of the Preface to the Philosophy of Right, anyone trying to explain it cannot avoid the task of making his or her own contribuยญ tion to the philosophical debate concerning the nature and content of Hegel's work

Notes -- Historical Background -- University and Fraternity (Burschenschaft) -- Hegel's position and reaction -- Hegel's targets -- Notes -- Schematic Rendition of the Preface -- Notes -- Commentary on the Preface -- Paragraph 1โ2 (p. IIIโIV) -- Paragraph 3 (p. IVโV) -- Paragraph 4 (p. VIโVII) -- Paragraph 5 (p. VII) -- Paragraph 6 (p. VIIโVIII) -- Paragraph 7 (p. VIIIโX) -- Paragraph 8 (p. XโXIII) -- Paragraph 9 (p. XIIIโXIV) -- Paragraph 10 (p. XIVโXVI) -- Paragraph 11 (p. XVIโXVIII) -- Paragraph 12 (p. XVIIIโXIX) -- Paragraph 13 (p. XIXโXXI) -- Paragraph 14 (p. XXI) -- Paragraph 15 (p. XXIโXXII) -- Paragraph 16 (p. XXII) -- Paragraph 17 (p. XXII) -- Paragraph 18 (p. XXIIโXXIII) -- Paragraph 19 (p. XXIIIโXXIV) -- Paragraph 20 (p. XXIV) -- Notes

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