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Philosophy Logic

Finding Freedom

Hegel's Philosophy and the Emancipation of Women

by (author) Sara MacDonald

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
May 2008
Category
Logic, General
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780773533752
    Publish Date
    May 2008
    List Price
    $110.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780773577534
    Publish Date
    May 2008
    List Price
    $110.00

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Combining a detailed study of Hegel's political philosophy with close readings of two important literary works that help clarify his thought, MacDonald traces the historical development of an enduring link between personal lives and stable political communities. While Sophocles' Antigone highlights the tension in states that deny the interests of their citizens, MacDonald shows that Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream offers an alternative image, one that sees freedom for all as essential to an ethical family and state and is consistent with Hegel's thought in both the Phenomenology of Spirit and The Philosophy of Right.

About the author

Sara MacDonald is a professor in the Great Ideas Programme at St. Thomas University.

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