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By means of careful analysis of relevant writings by Hobbes, Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, and Marx, this study argues that the concept of practical necessity is key to understanding the nature and extent of human freedom.

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Abbreviations Introduction 1: Hobbes's Argument for the Practical Necessity of Colonization 2: Practical Necessity and History I: Rousseau's Second Discourse 3: Practical Necessity and History II: Kant on Universal History 4: Hegel and Marx on the Necessity of the Terror 5: Practical Necessity, Ethical Freedom, and History: Hegel's Philosophy of Right 6: The Compatibility of Freedom and Necessity in Marx's Idea of Communist Society 7: Practical Necessity and Historical Necessity in Historical Materialism Bibliography

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      Publisher: Oxford University Press
      Publication Date: 04/03/2021
      ISBN13: 9780198847885, 978-0198847885
      ISBN10: 0198847882

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      By means of careful analysis of relevant writings by Hobbes, Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, and Marx, this study argues that the concept of practical necessity is key to understanding the nature and extent of human freedom.

      Table of Contents
      Abbreviations Introduction 1: Hobbes's Argument for the Practical Necessity of Colonization 2: Practical Necessity and History I: Rousseau's Second Discourse 3: Practical Necessity and History II: Kant on Universal History 4: Hegel and Marx on the Necessity of the Terror 5: Practical Necessity, Ethical Freedom, and History: Hegel's Philosophy of Right 6: The Compatibility of Freedom and Necessity in Marx's Idea of Communist Society 7: Practical Necessity and Historical Necessity in Historical Materialism Bibliography

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