Modern individuality in Hegel's practical philosophy / by Erzsébet Rózsa ; translated by Tamas Nyirkos.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Modern individuality is the not-so-secret protagonist of Hegel's practical philosophy. In the framework of spirit, Hegel presents some basic features of the individual's way of life, lifeworld, self-interpreation, and self-determination, which can also be timely in shaping our own personal and social identities.

Volume Foreword; Hegel's Works in English Translation and Key to Abbreviations; Foreword; Part A Individuality in the Perspective of Hegel's Theory of Modernity and the Dimensions of the System; Chapter One Individuality in the Hegelian Concept of Modernity; 1. The Question of Modern Individuality on the Points of Intersection of System, Conceptuality, and Phenomenality; 2. The Principle of "Infinite Subjective Freedom" and Its Ambivalent Influence on Individuals and Their Lifeworlds -- the Perspective of the Basic Motive of the Oeuvre (Unification).

3. The Honest Citizen: The Protagonist of Modernity at the Intersection of the Philosophy of Self-Consciousness, the Ideal of the Educated Citizen, and Economic Self-Determination4. The Levels of Systemic Conceptuality of the Question of Individuality: 1. The "Particular Existence" of the Self, and the Practical Motivations in the Subjective Spirit; 2. The Concrete-Particular Lifeworld -- in the Objective Spirit; 5. The Good Life vs. Rational Life Conduct -- in the Perspective of the "Right of Objectivity" as the Normativity of Modernity.

6. The "Mediocrity" of Modern Individuality and the "Prose of Life" -- from the Viewpoint of "Right Relation in the Whole" and the Norm of "Decent Way of Life"Chapter Two Extra Significance in the Dimensions of the System; 1. The Requirement of a "Theory of Concept" (Hösle): One Step Back Towards a "Platonizing Conceptuality" (Brandom), or Liberating the Constitutive Role Hidden in the Dimensions of the System?; 2. The General Features of the Dimensions of the System and the Liberation of Their Extra Significance for a Reconstruction of the Hegelian Topics of Individuality.

3. The Import of the Inner Structure and the Dynamic Architectonics of the Particular System of the Spirit for a Reconstruction in the Field of IndividualityPart B Lifeworld, Forms of Identity and Identity Crises in Modernity; Chapter Three The Systematic Conceptual Determinations of Modern Individuality; 1. Forms of Individuality in Natural Philosophy: Incomplete Existence as the Foundation of Desire and Satisfaction; 2. From Instincts Through Happiness to Freedom. Transformations of the Natural and Subjective Motivations Mediated by Reason and Ethical-Normative Contents.

3. The Structural and Thematic Questions of Particular Existence and Concrete-Particular Lifeworld in the Philosophy of Right3.1. The Outlines of Modern Individuality in Morality; 3.2. The Normative and Practical Dimensions of Self-Determination in Modern Ethical Life; Chapter Four Identity and Forms of Identity. Symptoms of the Crisis of Personal Identity in the Social and Gender Role of Man; 1. Identity Problems and Their Interpretive Horizon in the Modern World; 2. Shapes of Individuality and Forms of Identity in the Text of the Philosophy of Right.

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