Hegel's Dialectical Political Economy: A Contemporary Application

by Paul Diesing

Overview

This book demonstrates how Hegel's dialectic can be used in empirical research, and shows how one can do dialectical research in economics. It also shows how one can use dialectical thinking to interpret some personal or social or political problem and devise a possible solution.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780429723957
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/01/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	202
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Diesing, Paul

Table of Contents

Introduction -- Background: Metaphysics, History, and Philosophy -- Dialectic -- The Philosophy of Right -- Dialectic of Society -- Dialectical Research -- Rational Political States Today -- The Useful Dialectic

Editorial Reviews

Most modern philosophers distinguish their work sharply from social science; they deal with logical truths and arguments, not empirical matters. Hegel did not make this distinction; he used his dialectical method to study the structure of his own society. This work goes over each step of the dialectical method in Hegel's , and shows how the method can be applied to research in our own society. Research examples include family relations, industrial market dynamics, the development of finance capitalism, and political structures and processes. Diesing taught philosophy and political science at the SUNY-Buffalo. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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