PHIL3638 - Hegel

Semester 1, 2011  |  Credit Points: 6

Coordinator: John Grumley
Phone: +61 2 9351 2465
Email: john.grumley@sydney.edu.au

Description

This unit will focus on Hegel's mature social and political ideas as present in Elements of a Philosophy of Rights. Hegel offers one of the great alternative conceptualisations of modern politics and state to the dominant classical liberal tradition This course will contextualise his ideas in terms of both their own development and of Hegel's philosophy as a whole. However, the emphasis will be on a careful reconstruction of Hegel's mature political philosophy and his critique of his most important competitors both then and now.

Assessments

tutorial presentation (10%), 1x essay (50%) and 1x take-home exam (40%)

Textbooks

Hegel G W F, Elements of the Philosophy of Rights, (Ed Wood A), CUP 1991

Classes

1x2 hour lecture and 1x1 hour tutorial per week

Prerequisites

16 Senior credit points in Philosophy.

Prohibitions

PHIL3038, PHIL3509

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