Title:
Hegel's rabble : an investigation into Hegel's Philosophy of right
Author:
Ruda, Frank.
ISBN:
9781441156938
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Publication Information:
London : Continuum, c2011.
Physical Description:
xviii, 218 p. ; 24 cm.
Series:
Continuum studies in philosophy
General Note:
Formerly CIP.
Contents:
Introduction: from the rabble to the proletariat -- Luther and the transfiguration of poverty -- Pauper-rabble: the question of poverty -- The emergence of the rabble from the un-estate of poverty -- Transition: from the poor to the rabble -- Pauper-rabble -- Luxury-rabble vs. poverty-rabble -- The formula of infinite unbinding: "this is the rabble", or, resentment- -- The lost habit: elements to a Hegelian theory of laziness/foulness -- Without attitude: rabble and state -- Without right, without duty: rabble, right without right or, un-right -- To will nothing or not to will anymore: the rabble as will and presentation -- The sole aim of the state and the rabble as un-organic ensemble -- Conclusion: Hegel's rabble: Hegel's impossibility -- Coda: preliminary notes concerning Angelo-humanism and the conception of the proletariat in early Marx.
Abstract:
Drawing on insights from thinkers such as Badiou and Nancy, this book examines Hegel's conception of 'the rabble' in order to reconstruct his political philosophy. In "Hegel's Rabble", Frank Ruda identifies and explores a crucial problem in the Hegelian philosophy of right that strikes at the heart of Hegel's conception of the state. This singular problem, which Ruda argues is the problem of Hegelian political thought, appears in Hegel's text only in a seemingly marginal form under the name of the 'rabble': a particular side-effect of the dialectical deduction of the necessity of the existence of state from the contradictory constitution of civil society. Working out from a thorough analysis of this problem and drawing on contemporary discussions in the work of such thinkers as Alain Badiou, Jean-Luc Nancy and Slavoj Zizek, the book proceeds to re-examine and reconstruct Hegel's entire political project. Ruda goes on to argue that only by re-thinking this problem of 'the rabble' in Hegel's thought - the only problem Hegel is able neither to resolve nor to sublate - can the early Marxian conception of 'the proletariat' be properly understood. "Continuum Studies in Philosophy" presents cutting-edge scholarship in all the major areas of research and study. The wholly original arguments, perspectives and research findings in titles in this series make it an important and stimulating resource for students and academics from a range of disciplines across the humanities and social sciences. -- Product Description.
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