Volume 9 (2023), Edition 3

The paper introduces a thematic issue on the relationship between G. W. F. Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit and his Elements of the Philosophy of Right. It stresses the importance of a holistic approach towards Hegel’s legal philosophy. Moreover,...

This essay compares Hegel’s passage on “lordship and bondage” in The Phenomenology of Spirit with corresponding passages in the Encyclopedia of the Philosophical Sciences (1830) and the Outlines of the Philosophy of Right (1820). The goal is...

In recent years, the concept of recognition has experienced a renaissance in the legal and social sciences, along with widespread attention to its discourse-theoretical foundations. Following Hegel’s dialectical concept of recognition, we find the...

The paper discusses three concepts from the Phenomenology of Spirit with regard to their contribution to understanding Hegel’s legal thought: Lordship and Bondage, Reason as Lawgiver and Reason as Testing Law, and The Condition of Right. The paper...

In his Philosophy of Right, Hegel emphasises the necessity of action in order to achieve true freedom. In the Phenomenology, this reflection is even more fundamental: the “true self” of the individual and of the spirit lies in the act. Despite...

The aim of this essay is to offer an analysis of the conflict between two ethical principles presented by Hegel in the chapter of his Phenomenology of the Spirit titled “The True Spirit, Ethical Life.” One is the principle of the state of the...