Michael J. Thompson is Associate Professor of Political Theory in the Department of Political Science at William Patterson University. His most recent books include The Domestication of Critical Theory, Political Judgment and the Crisis of Modernity and Twilight of the Self: The Eclipse of Autonomy in Modern Society.

• IntroductionMichael J. ThompsonPart I: The Relation of Hegel’s Metaphysics and Political Theory1. The Course of God: Reading HegelPeter J. Steinberger2. The Metaphysics of Spirit and Hegel’s Philosophy of PoliticsAndrew Buchwalter3. Speculative Logic as Practical Philosophy: Political Life in Times of CrisisAngelica Nuzzo4. Metaphysics and the Poverty of Liberal-Positives Political ThoughtEric GoodfieldPart II: Ontology, Metaphysics and Practical Reason5. The Metaphysical Infrastructure of Hegel’s Practical PhilosophyMichael J. Thompson6. The Metaphysics of Rational Action: Kantian and Aristotelian Themes in Hegel’s Absolute IdealismSebastian Stein7. Against the Post-Kantian Interpretation of Hegel; A Study in Proto-Marxist MetaphysicsMichael Morris8. Objective Spirit: Hegel’s Normative Social OntologyKevin ThompsonPart III: Metaphysics, History and the Structures of Ethical Life9. Family Structures as Fields of Historical Tension: A Case Study in the Relation of Metaphysics and PoliticsChristopher Yeomans10. Hegel’s Metaphysics of Marriage: Teleology, Ontology, and Sexually Embodied Freedom in the Philosophy of Right’s Account of the FamilyJoshua D. Goldstein11. Tiger Stripes and Embodied Systems: Hegel on Markets and ModelsDavid Kolb12. Hegel and the End of a Particular Historical DevelopmentMatthew Smetona

"This volume is a welcome reminder that there are underutilized theoretical resources in Hegel for thinking through the hopes and disappointments of modern politics." – Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews"The volume is logically divided into three sections: the first deals with the larger connection between Hegel’s metaphysics and his political philosophy; the second section with both the metaphysics of Hegel’s political philosophy and its distinction from Kant—an important topic, given the Anglo-American reception of Hegel; and the third section with topics more specific to Hegel’s political philosophy. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty." – CHOICE Reviews

Michael J. Thompson is Associate Professor of Political Theory in the Department of Political Science at William Patterson University. His most recent books include The Domestication of Critical Theory, Political Judgment and the Crisis of Modernity and Twilight of the Self: The Eclipse of Autonomy in Modern Society.

• IntroductionMichael J. ThompsonPart I: The Relation of Hegel’s Metaphysics and Political Theory1. The Course of God: Reading HegelPeter J. Steinberger2. The Metaphysics of Spirit and Hegel’s Philosophy of PoliticsAndrew Buchwalter3. Speculative Logic as Practical Philosophy: Political Life in Times of CrisisAngelica Nuzzo4. Metaphysics and the Poverty of Liberal-Positives Political ThoughtEric GoodfieldPart II: Ontology, Metaphysics and Practical Reason5. The Metaphysical Infrastructure of Hegel’s Practical PhilosophyMichael J. Thompson6. The Metaphysics of Rational Action: Kantian and Aristotelian Themes in Hegel’s Absolute IdealismSebastian Stein7. Against the Post-Kantian Interpretation of Hegel; A Study in Proto-Marxist MetaphysicsMichael Morris8. Objective Spirit: Hegel’s Normative Social OntologyKevin ThompsonPart III: Metaphysics, History and the Structures of Ethical Life9. Family Structures as Fields of Historical Tension: A Case Study in the Relation of Metaphysics and PoliticsChristopher Yeomans10. Hegel’s Metaphysics of Marriage: Teleology, Ontology, and Sexually Embodied Freedom in the Philosophy of Right’s Account of the FamilyJoshua D. Goldstein11. Tiger Stripes and Embodied Systems: Hegel on Markets and ModelsDavid Kolb12. Hegel and the End of a Particular Historical DevelopmentMatthew Smetona

"This volume is a welcome reminder that there are underutilized theoretical resources in Hegel for thinking through the hopes and disappointments of modern politics." – Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews"The volume is logically divided into three sections: the first deals with the larger connection between Hegel’s metaphysics and his political philosophy; the second section with both the metaphysics of Hegel’s political philosophy and its distinction from Kant—an important topic, given the Anglo-American reception of Hegel; and the third section with topics more specific to Hegel’s political philosophy. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty." – CHOICE Reviews

Michael J. Thompson is Associate Professor of Political Theory in the Department of Political Science at William Patterson University. His most recent books include The Domestication of Critical Theory, Political Judgment and the Crisis of Modernity and Twilight of the Self: The Eclipse of Autonomy in Modern Society.

• IntroductionMichael J. ThompsonPart I: The Relation of Hegel’s Metaphysics and Political Theory1. The Course of God: Reading HegelPeter J. Steinberger2. The Metaphysics of Spirit and Hegel’s Philosophy of PoliticsAndrew Buchwalter3. Speculative Logic as Practical Philosophy: Political Life in Times of CrisisAngelica Nuzzo4. Metaphysics and the Poverty of Liberal-Positives Political ThoughtEric GoodfieldPart II: Ontology, Metaphysics and Practical Reason5. The Metaphysical Infrastructure of Hegel’s Practical PhilosophyMichael J. Thompson6. The Metaphysics of Rational Action: Kantian and Aristotelian Themes in Hegel’s Absolute IdealismSebastian Stein7. Against the Post-Kantian Interpretation of Hegel; A Study in Proto-Marxist MetaphysicsMichael Morris8. Objective Spirit: Hegel’s Normative Social OntologyKevin ThompsonPart III: Metaphysics, History and the Structures of Ethical Life9. Family Structures as Fields of Historical Tension: A Case Study in the Relation of Metaphysics and PoliticsChristopher Yeomans10. Hegel’s Metaphysics of Marriage: Teleology, Ontology, and Sexually Embodied Freedom in the Philosophy of Right’s Account of the FamilyJoshua D. Goldstein11. Tiger Stripes and Embodied Systems: Hegel on Markets and ModelsDavid Kolb12. Hegel and the End of a Particular Historical DevelopmentMatthew Smetona

"This volume is a welcome reminder that there are underutilized theoretical resources in Hegel for thinking through the hopes and disappointments of modern politics." – Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews"The volume is logically divided into three sections: the first deals with the larger connection between Hegel’s metaphysics and his political philosophy; the second section with both the metaphysics of Hegel’s political philosophy and its distinction from Kant—an important topic, given the Anglo-American reception of Hegel; and the third section with topics more specific to Hegel’s political philosophy. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty." – CHOICE Reviews