Books in the Modern European Philosophy series

This book provides an authoritative account of Hegel's social philosophy at a level that presupposes no specialised knowledge of the subject. Hegel's social theory is designed to reconcile the individual with the modern social world.

This book is at once an important application of Heidegger's thought to contemporary philosophical discussion, and a profound argument for a humanistic rather than scientific account of what it is to be a human being.

The essays collected in this volume all explore the problem of the relation between moral philosophy and modernity. Written in a distinctively lucid style and covering a wide compass, these essays will be of particular interest to professional philosophers and political scientists, but will also appeal to general readers concerned with ethics and politics.

This 1996 book provides a detailed, systematic reconsideration of the neglected nineteenth-century positivist Auguste Comte. Apart from offering an accurate account of what Comte actually wrote, the book argues that Comte's positivism has never had greater contemporary relevance than now.

Gary Gutting offers a powerful account of the nature of human reason in modern times. His own position is defined as 'pragmatic liberalism'. Gutting analyzes the work of three dominant philosophical voices in our time: Richard Rorty, Alasdair MacIntyre, and Charles Taylor.

This book systematically examines Hegel's idealism in relation to the metaphysical and epistemological tradition stemming from Aristotle. No serious student of Hegel can afford to ignore this major interpretation.

This study explores the theme of freedom in the philosophy of Hegel and Nietzsche. In bringing Hegel and Nietzsche together into a conversation, Will Dudley has developed some original interpretations that will be of considerable importance to students of these philosophers, and to political theorists and historians of ideas.