The metaphysical theory of the state : a criticism by Hobhouse, L. T. (Leonard Trelawney), 1864-1929. Professor Avineri shows that although Hegel is primarily thought of as a philosopher of the state, he was much concerned with social problems and his concept of the state … Critically examine the idealistic theory of the state. But from my perspective, it does deserve some attention. Hegel says that the state is the march of God on earth and that the people should worship it. More specifically, he expands on this general point along several lines by stressing the following errors by Hegel: This is a study of Hegel’s critique of Kant’s theoretical philosophy. The author has drawn on Hegel's philosophical works, his political tracts and his personal correspondence. Hegel himself is not innocent of this. Professor Avineri shows that although Hegel is primarily thought of as a philosopher of the state, he was much concerned with social problems and his concept of the state … 1.1.1. Explaining Hegel’s interpretation of history with the help of dialectics Hunt says: “For Hegel history were a process in which the Absolute progressively unfolds itself revealing more of its true nature in later periods than in earlier, and this more in the national state than in … The author has drawn on Hegel's philosophical works, his political tracts and his personal correspondence. HISTORICAL SURVEY Every individual is a child of his time. THE STATE AS A COMMUNITY OF PERSONS IN HEGEL; A CRITIQUE . This is the reason that the state must always be obeyed. Russell's Criticisms of Hegel, I have been reading Bertrand Russell's "History of Western Philosophy" and stumbled upon a polemic reproach of Hegel that seemed worth sharing and discussing. 1.1 BACKGROUND OF HEGEL’S POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY. These teaching had deep influence on the methods of the Germans after their defeat in World War I. It is not easy for one to escape the influence of his epoch or contemporary world. The whole book is a gas to read as Russell's views weave in and out of factual account. HISTORICAL SURVEY Every individual is a child of his time. 1.1.1. Hegel’s theory of state is based on the basic premise about the gradual unfolding of Reason or Spirit or Absolute Idea through a dialectical process, Reason gets its perfect realisation in the state. It was ‘the actuality of concrete freedom’. THE STATE AS A COMMUNITY OF PERSONS IN HEGEL; A CRITIQUE CHAPTER ONE 1.1 BACKGROUND OF HEGEL’S POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY. Fichte and, at least in his early work, F.W.J. In this work Marx criticizes Hegel for “uncritical mysticism” [p. 149]. Marx’s critique of Hegel’s philosophy of the state allowed him to see that both civil society and the state were alien to … In closing this account of Hegel’s theory of the state, a few words on a “theory and practice” problem of the modern state. It is not easy for one to escape the influence of his epoch or contemporary world. Its main purpose is to defend the thesis that Hegel offers us a compelling critique of, and alternative to, the conception of cognition Kant argues for in his ‘Critical’ period. The Idealist theory which assumed prominence in the writings of German philosopher Hegel and was popularized in England by the forceful pen of T.H.