The Problem of Religion, Christianity, and the Role of Protestantism in the Philosophy of the Early Hegel (1795–1806)

Dr. Imre Bártfai

doi:10.5771/9783487170763

Summary

The aim of this book is to provide the English-speaking public interested in philosophy, history of philosophy, (especially in German idealism) a one-book summary of Hegel's view on Protestantism, which is also the explication of his philosophical development, in the context of the wider problem of religion which determined the evolution of his early system. The book does not only reconstruct Hegel’s view on Protestantism, but also his philosophical evolution. The book unites historical and philosophical perspectives, Hegel’s theoretical beginnings in the context of religion necessitate a survey of the historical context of his ideas and research. Furthermore the relevant methodical problems get ample attention in the text too. The book places itself on the border between the historical interest in Hegel’s philosophy, and the systematical interest, which is peculiar of German research.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2025
ISBN-Print: 978-3-487-17075-6
ISBN-Online: 978-3-487-17076-3
Publisher: Georg Olms Verlag, Baden-Baden
Series: Studien und Materialien zur Geschichte der Philosophie
Volume: 105
Language: English
Pages: 220
Product type: Book Titles

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 8
1. Research topics of this dissertation No access
1. 1. The Metaphysical–mystical Hegel No access
2. 2. What is Religion? Religion in the context of modern philosophy No access
3. 3. The motivations of the young Hegel. No access
4. 4. Politics and Religion No access
1. 1. 2.1 Machiavelli No access
  2. 2.2 Rousseau No access
2. 2. The historicization of religion No access
3. 1. Kant and Christianity No access
  2. God’s role in Kant’s ethics and the importance of Christianity No access
  3. The problems of Kantian ethicotheology as a foundation of religion No access
4. 4. Summary of Chapter II: Religion as politics, history and morality No access
1. 1. Subjective and objective religion No access
2. 1. The Greek Ideal No access
3. 1. A. The French revolution as a realization of antiquity: the religious folk festival and the failure of its rejuvenation No access
  2. B. Excursus: Civil Religion in America No access
4. 4. The reality of Christianity and the Reformation No access
5. 1. a. No access
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6. 6. Hegel’s view on religion in his last works in Bern No access
7. 7. Summary of Chapter III: Towards a more speculative philosophy of religion No access
1. 1. Vereinigungsphilosophie: the theoretical overcoming of alienated objectivity No access
2. 2. Hegel’s idea of unification (Vereinigung) as the theory of subjective–vivid morality No access
3. 3. Jewish history and Jesus: the historical basis of alienation No access
4. 4. The beginnings of the speculative system No access
5. 5. The constitution of Germany: religion as separation and the origin of the modern state No access
6. 6. Summary of Chapter IV: Religion as unification No access
1. 1. A. From the “subordinate needs” to the system No access
  2. B. The need for philosophy No access
2. 2. The critique of culture No access
3. 3. The system of speculative philosophy: overcoming alienation No access
4. 4. The concept of religion: “Assurance without insight” No access
5. 5. Religion in Phenomenology: “The depth of the self-certain spirit” No access
6. Summary of Chapter V: Philosophy and religion No access
Conclusion No access Pages 197 - 204
Bibliography No access Pages 205 - 220