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This work was supported by the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences and the European Regional Development Fund-Project “Creativity and Adaptability as Conditions of the Success of Europe in an Interrelated World” (No. CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_019/0000734).
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Names: Chotaš, Jiří, 1964- editor, author. | Matějčková, Tereza, 1984- author, editor.
Title: An ethical modernity? : Hegel’s concept of ethical life today / edited by Jiří Chotaš and Tereza Matějčková.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020] | Series: Critical studies in German idealism, 1878-9986 ; volume 25 | Revised and reworked papers from a conference held in Prague in Sept. 2018–ECIP introduction. | Includes bibliographical references and index. | An Ethical Modernity? investigates the relation between Hegel’s doctrine of ethical life (Sittlichkeit) and modernity as a historical category and a philosophical concept. In this collection of essays, the authors analyze Hegel’s theory of ethical life from various perspectives: social ontology, social practices and beliefs, theory of judgment, relations between Hegel’s theory of ethical life and Kant’s ethics, Hegel’s philosophy of family, relation of the modern market to ‘European values’, the ethos of state and of international relations, and Hegel’s metaphilosophical commitment to philosophy. This volume is of importance to anyone interested in how Hegel’s practical philosophy relates to us and our times.Identifiers: LCCN 2020021168 (print) | LCCN 2020021169 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004432574 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004432581 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770-1831. | Civilization, Modern–Philosophy. | History–Philosophy. | Political science–Philosophy. | Ethics.
Classification: LCC CB430 .E83 2020 B2948 (print) | LCC CB430 B2948 (ebook) | DDC 909.82–dc23
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