Hegel：Elements of the Philosophy of Right

Thisbookisatranslationofaclassicworkofmodernsocialandpoliticalthought,ElementsofthePhilosophyofRight.Hegel'slastmajorpublishedwork,isanattempttosystematizeethicaltheory,naturalright,thephilosophyoflaw,politicaltheoryandthesociologyofthemodernstateintotheframeworkofHegel'sphilosophyofhistory.Hegel'sworkhasbeeninterpretedinradicallydifferentways,influencingmanypoliticalmovementsfromfarrighttofarleft,andiswidelyperceivedascentraltothecommunicationtraditioninmodernethical,socialandpoliticalthought.ThiseditionincludesextensiveeditorialmaterialinformingthereaderofthehistoricalbackgroundofHegel'stext,andexplaininghisallusionstoRomanlawandothersources,makinguseoflecturematerialswhichhaveonlyrecentlybecomeavailable.Thenewtranslationisliteral,readableandconsistent,andwillbeinformativeandscholarlyenoughtoservetheneedsofstudentsandspecialistsalike.