Would Hegel Be A ‘Hegelian’ Today?

• Main Author: H. S. Harris
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cosmos and History Publishing Co-op. 2007-12-01
• Series: Cosmos and History : the Journal of Natural and Social Philosophy
• Subjects: Hegel; Hegelianism; Time; Future; Forgiveness; Justice
• Online Access: http://www.cosmosandhistory.org/index.php/journal/article/view/66

In this paper H. S. Harris argues that it is misguided to suggest that Hegelrsquo;s philosophical project was a dialectical illusion generated by his historical situation and that he would never have believed that his vision was achievable if he had been faced with the world that we face today. Not only does Harris proclaim himself to be a Hegelian, he claims that Hegel would today also remain a Hegelian. He goes on to argue that despite the fragmentation of the twentieth century and the apparent collapse of the vision articulated in the French Revolution, Hegelrsquo;s thinking continues to be relevant because although his philosophy is the lsquo;comprehension of onersquo;s timersquo;, Hegel also produces a philosophy that is out of time and somehow final.br /