This series makes available in English for the first time important recent work by German philosophers on major figures in the German philosophical tradition. The volumes will provide critical perspectives on philosophers of great significance to the Anglo-American philosophical community, perspectives that have been largely ignored except by a handful of writers on German philosophy. The dissemination of this work will be of enormous value to Anglophone students and scholars of the history of German philosophy. This collection brings together in translation the finest post-war German language scholarship on Hegel's social and political philosophy, concentrating on the Elements of the Philosophy of Right. Many of the essays appear in English here for the first time; all are translated anew.

Source acknowledgements; Contributors; Works by Hegel; 1. Introduction Robert Pippin; Part I. Overview: 2. The rights of philosophy Hans Friedrich Fulda; 3. Kant, Hegel and the contemporary question concerning the normative foundations of morality and right Karl-Otto Apel; Part II. Absolute Right: 4. 'The Personality of the Will' as the principle of abstract right: an analysis of §§34-40 of Hegel's Philosophy of Right in terms of the logical structure of the concept Michael Quante; 5. Person and property in Hegel's Philosophy of Right (§§34-81) Joachim Ritter; 6. Common welfare and universal will in Hegel's Philosophy of Right Manfred Baum; 7. The contemporary relevance of Hegel's concept of punishment Wolfgang Schild; Part III. Ethical Life: 8. Natural ethical life and civil society: Hegel's construction of the family Siegfried Blasche; 9. The role of civil society in Hegel's political philosophy Rolf-Peter Hortsmann; Part IV. The State: 10. Logical form and real totality: the authentic conceptual form of Hegel's concept of the state Dieter Henrich; 11. Constitution, fundamental rights and social welfare in Hegel's Philosophy of Right Ludwig Siep; 12. Hegel's organicist theory of the state: on the concept and method of Hegel's 'Science of the State' Michael Wolff; Bibliography; Index.