Abstract

Hegel’s political philosophy used to be judged mainly by the Philosophie des Rechts, and this book was interpreted differently by various students. More recently, serious account has been taken of Hegel’s earlier political writings, published and unpublished. Professor Ilting believes that Hegel’s real and liberal views were contained in lectures before and after the Ph. d. R. and that that book was a temporary aberration, a concession to the Carlsbad Decrees, and an attempt to satisfy the Prussian censor. Consequently he is publishing what he regards as all the evidence for Hegel’s philosophy of natural law and the state from 1818 to 1833. The first volume is now before us; five are to follow, three of texts and two of commentary. The volumes are not sold separately; the price is DM 198 per volume.