Modern individuality in Hegel's practical philosophy / by Erzsebet Rozsa ; translated by Tamás Nyirkos.

• Author: Rózsa, Erzsébet.
• TeilnehmendeR: Nyirkos, Tamas.
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Critical Studies in German Idealism 9.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (329 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

In Modern Individuality in Hegel’s Practical Philosophy , Erzsébet Rózsa aims to reconstruct Hegel’s theory of individuality in the light of his idea of modernity. Modern individuality is one of the central topics of Hegel’s practical philosophy, discussed systematically in the forms of subjectivity in subjective, objective, and practical spirit. Hegel interpreted modern existence and lifeworld in the context of law, politics, economy, and private life. “Infinite subjective freedom” is the historical principle of the “modern age”, as well as the basic determination of modern individual forms of existence and knowledge. Modern form of life and mentality based on the values and practical actions of self-knowledge and self-determination is an achievement of historical significance. This radical turn, however, gives a new perspective to the problem of good life: the normative role of substantial values is overshadowed by the stabilizing function of the “objective order” of institutions.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- I. Individuality in the Hegelian Concept of Modernity -- II. Extra Significance in the Dimensions of the System -- III. The Systematic Conceptual Determinations of Modern Individuality -- IV. Identity and Forms of Identity. Symptoms of the Crisis of Personal Identity in the Social and Gender Role of Man -- V. The Self-Determination/Self-Disposal of Individuals in the World of Politics and Right. The Hegelian Conception of the Modern Culture of Freedom -- VI. Modern Individual’s Idealtypical Relation to God: “Subjective Religiosity” as “Faith in Feeling” -- VII. Hegel’s Modern Antigone in the Phenomenology of the Spirit: Symptoms of the Modern Individual’s Mediocrity in a Great Personality of the Ancient World -- VIII. Types of Individuality in Modern (Romantic) Art: Christ, the Knight, the Honest Citizen, and the Comedian -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index of Names.