German political philosophy
Subtitle: the metaphysics of law
By: Chris Thornhill.
Series: Routledge studies in social and political thought -- 49.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780415312387; 9780203966402
Subjects: Political science -- Germany -- History; Law -- Philosophy -- History
Description: "From the Reformation to the present, German political philosophy has done much to shape the contours of theoretical debate on politics, law, and the conditions of political legitimacy; many of the most decisive and influential theoretical impulses in European political history have originated in Germany. Until now, there has been no thorough history of German political philosophy available in English. This book offers a synoptic account of the main debates in its evolution."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Reformation; title: The early Enlightenment; title: German idealism; title: Historicism and romanticism; title: The young Hegelians and Karl Marx; title: Positivism and organic theory; title: The vitalist interlude; title: Neo-Kantianism; title: The Weimar Republic; title: Critical theory and the law; title: The dialectics of refoundation; title: Habermas and Luhmann.