Lucio Cortella is Full Professor of History of Philosophy at the Ca' Foscari University of Venice in Italy. Giacomo Donis is a professional translator.

Translator's Introduction
Preface to the English Translation
Preface to the Original Italian Edition: Does Democracy Need Ethics?

Introduction. Morality and Ethical Life: Key Concepts in Hegel's Conception of the Political

1. Freedom and the Absolute

2. The Age of Universal Freedom

3. Actualization of Ethical Life: The Sphere of the State

4. Elements of a Postidealist Ethical Life: A Democratization of Hegel's Political Philosophy

Notes
Bibliography
Index