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Book SynopsisThis edition makes available an entirely new version of Hegel''s lectures on the development and scope of world history. Volume I presents Hegel''s surviving manuscripts of his introduction to the lectures and the full transcription of the first series of lectures (1822-23). These works treat the core of human history as the inexorable advance towards the establishment of a political state with just institutions-a state that consists of individuals with a free and fully-developed self-consciousness. Hegel interweaves major themes of spirit and culture-including social life, political systems, commerce, art and architecture, religion, and philosophy-with an historical account of peoples, dates, and events. Following spirit''s quest for self-realization, the lectures presented here offer an imaginative voyage around the world, from the paternalistic, static realm of China to the cultural traditions of India; the vast but flawed political organization of the Persian Empire to Egypt and th
Trade ReviewIn this and earlier volumes Peter Hodgson and his collaborators have in many ways set new standards of clarity and consistency in the presentation and translation of Hegel's writings and lectures . . . the present edition provides an excellent starting point for the serious study of Hegel's unfolding concept of 'philosophical' history in his Berlin period. * Nicholas Walker, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *
Table of ContentsPreface 1: Editorial Introduction 2: Manuscripts of the Introduction The Lectures of 1822-23 3: Introduction: The Concept of World History 4: The Oriental World 5: The Greek World 6: The Roman World 7: The Germanic World Glossary Bibliography Index
