Hegel and the representative constitution / Elias Buchetmann, University of Rostock.

Author/creator Buchetmann, Elias author.
Format Book
PublicationCambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.
Copyright Date©2023
Descriptionxiii, 256 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesIdeas in context
Ideas in context. ^A229801
Contents Introduction: Humanising Hegel -- The constitutional question in post-Napoleonic Germany -- On the nature of constitutions -- The distribution of power -- Debating the two-chamber system -- The representation of interests -- Conclusion.
Abstract "Hegel and the Representative Constitution presents the first comprehensive historical discussion of the institutional dimension of G.W.F. Hegel's political thought. Elias Buchetmann traces this much-neglected aspect in unprecedented contextual detail and makes the case for reading the Philosophy of Right from 1820 as a contribution to the lively and widespread public debate on the constitutional question in contemporary Central Europe. Drawing on a broad range of primary source material, this volume illuminates the wider political discourse in post-Napoleonic Germany, carefully locates Hegel's institutional commitments within their immediate cultural and political context, and reveals him as something closer to a public intellectual. By exploring this indispensable thinker's demand for the constitutional protection of popular participation in government, it contributes beyond Hegel scholarship to shed new light on the history of democratic theory in early nineteenth-century Europe and encourages critical reflection on questions of representation today"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 213-252) and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Buchetmann, Elias. Hegel and the representative constitution Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2023 9781009305983
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2022034942
ISBN9781009305969
ISBN1009305964 hardcover
ISBN9781009305952 paperback
ISBN1009305956 paperback
ISBNelectronic book
ISBNelectronic book

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