Freedom and perfection : German political thought from Leibniz to Marx / Douglas Moggach.

Author/creator Moggach, Douglas author.
Format Book
PublicationCambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025.
Copyright Date©2025
Descriptionviii, 349 pages : 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesIdeas in context
Ideas in context. ^A229801
Contents Thinking freedom -- Leibniz : spontaneity, justice, and perfection -- Receptions of Leibniz : Wolff and Herder -- The Kantian revolution -- Foundational arguments : Humboldt and Dalberg on the scope and end of the state -- Friedrich Schiller : perfection, freedom, and beauty -- Fichte : the labour of spontaneity -- Hegel as post-Kantian perfectionist -- Hegelian perfectionism before 1848 -- Karl Marx : historical perfectionism.
Abstract "This historical study examines perfectionism and its political implications in the German lands between 1650-1850. Douglas Moggach demonstrates how a new perfectionism of freedom arose from Kant's critiques of older ethical-political theories, highlighting the central importance of Leibniz for later theorists of the state, society, and economy"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version http://id.loc.gov/entities/relationships/onlineversion Moggach, Douglas Freedom and perfection Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025 9781009590419
LCCN 2025014975
ISBN9781009590433
ISBN100959043X hardcover
ISBN9781009590426 paperback
ISBN1009590421 paperback
ISBNelectronic book

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