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Idealist Political Philosophy: Pluralism and Conflict in the Absolute Idealist Tradition

Idealist Political Philosophy: Pluralism and Conflict in the Absolute Idealist Tradition

Tyler, Colin

Paperback

Series: Continuum Studies in British Philosophy

PhilosophyGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 0826446833
ISBN13: 9780826446831
Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
Published: Mar 1 2010
Pages: 232
Weight: 0.73
Height: 0.49 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

The central claim of this book is that previous scholars have not appreciated the depths and complexities of the relationships between British idealist radicalism and the earlier idealist tradition of Kant, Fichte, Hegel and Carlyle.
Colin Tyler explores two recurring themes: the first is that the foundations of British idealist thought were encapsulated within parts of Hegel's political theory that have been ignored or misunderstood -- specifically Hegel's analyses of civic pluralism and international order. Tyler argues that these parts of Hegel's system had highly significant political implications. They showed that reformers must work from within concrete historical traditions; they grounded a critique of abstract rationalism as an alienating and potentially totalitarian method of designing social and economic institutions; they indicated the inevitability of civic and political pluralism and the many opportunities for human improvement which they created; and finally they demonstrated the tragic nature of human progress.

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