Philosophy Portal Presents Hegel’s:
Philosophy of Right
Freedom is social
Hegel’s Philosophy of Right represents the mature notion of his political philosophy, where his ideas on freedom meet their social context: property rights and relations, contracts and moral commitments, family life, and political-economy of world spirit.
Learn the essence and the consequences of Hegel’s political philosophy in May and June 2024.
Your instructor
Dr. Cadell Last (PhD) is the creator/founder of Philosophy Portal, an online education platform dedicated to teaching the foundation of modern philosophy. He has lectured on Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit and Science of Logic, as well as other foundational texts. He is the author of Global Brain Singularity and Systems and Subjects. You can find his complete CV below:
Exegetical readings
Dimitri Crooijmans will be leading exegetical reading spaces. He is a young philosopher mainly inspired and influenced by Hegel, Nietzsche, Lacan and Žižek. He has a podcast and blog called Actual Spirit, in which he brings the lessons of these thinkers to his creative life and spiritual practices.
Major Themes
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Abstract Right
Will direct-immediate concept (personal embodiment)
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Morality
Will of subject contrasted with right of world (universal idea)
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The Ethical System
Unity of two in natural spirit of family, civic community and state
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Family
Sexual love and reproduction
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Civic Community
Local social organisations
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State and World Spirit
Individual independence and universal substance
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Price and Plan
Philosophy Portal course on Hegel's Philosophy of Right, his most mature statement on political philosophy, and specifically his notion of freedom as situated in social and historical context.
SCHEDULE: *All times Central European Time
SATURDAY MAY 18TH @ 7PM CET: INTRO + PREFACE
SATURDAY JUNE 1ST @ 7PM CET: ABSTRACT RIGHT
WEDNESDAY JUNE 5TH @ 7PM CET: EXEGETICAL READING SPACE (1)
SATURDAY JUNE 15TH @ 7PM CET: MORALITY
THURSDAY JUNE 20TH @ 7PM CET: EXEGETICAL READING SPACE (2)
SATURDAY JUNE 22ND @ 7PM CET: THE ETHICAL SYSTEM (1)
SATURDAY JUNE 29TH @ 7PM CET: THE ETHICAL SYSTEM (2)
POST-COURSE PROCESSES: CONFERENCE, ANTHOLOGY (TBD)
