Author Meets Critics: Richard Bourke's "Hegel's World Revolutions"

Session Submission Type: Author meet critics

Session Description

This panel brings together scholars of Hegel, Kant, and twentieth-century political thought to discuss Richard Bourke’s Hegel’s World Revolutions (Princeton 2023). In the book, Bourke offers a reading of Hegel as, centrally, a philosopher of history. Bourke uses this focus to reconsider Hegel as a theorist of the state and society, built around his concepts of revolution, modernity, and critique. It moves through discussions of Hegel’s relationship to Kant, his views on the French Revolution, and his legacies in twentieth century political thought, with implications for broader issues of how we understand the relationship between ideas and history.

Sub Unit

• Division 1: Political Thought and Philosophy

Chair

• Emma Stone Mackinnon Cambridge University

Presenters

• Warren Breckman University of Pennsylvania

• Samuel Moyn Yale University

• Susan Meld Shell Boston College

• Richard Bourke University of Cambridge