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Hegel's Theory of International Politics: A Reply to Jaeger

Brooks, Thom

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Abstract

Hans-Martin Jaeger argues in this Journal that Hegel endorses a ‘reluctant realism’, whereby Hegel's theory of international politics institutionalises a transnationalising civil society of states. In Jaeger's view, Hegel's conception of individuals in civil society is analogous to states in international politics. On the contrary, I argue Hegel's conception of abstract right is far more commensurable with his theory of international politics. The mutual recognition existing in civil society – which helps to produce legal relationships – does not exist beyond the state where there are no legal relationships. Thus, Hegel is a realist of a more familiar sort, without any ‘reluctance’.

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Brooks, T. (2004). Hegel's Theory of International Politics: A Reply to Jaeger. Review of International Studies, 30(1), 149-152. https://doi.org/10.1017/s026021050400587x

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date 2004-01
Deposit Date Nov 16, 2012
Journal Review of International Studies
Print ISSN 0260-2105
Electronic ISSN 1469-9044
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 30
Issue 1
Pages 149-152
DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/s026021050400587x
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1471909


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