Foundations of Hegel’s Social Theory

This is a fine book, and it will be a significant contribution both to Hegel scholarship and to contemporary philosophical discussions of modern ethical life. It is unfailingly fair-minded, insightful, intelligent, and sensible in its approach to various controversies; clear, often to the point of lapidary, in presentation; original, especially in its excellent, innovative use of Rousseau; and is based on a solid knowledge of the mature Hegel's writings on ethical and political philosophy. There is no question in my mind that it will play a long and decisive role in future discussions of Hegel.
-- Robert B. Pippin, University of Chicago

Neuhouser views Hegel in the context of a set of issues which have come down to us since Rousseau and still occupy social and political philosophy. Hegel is an obscure and difficult writer, but Neuhouser has an effortless way of making him accessible. This book deserves to be read not only by scholars in the history of philosophy, but also by political philosophers and political theorists generally, since as Neuhouser presents him, Hegel has some very novel and pertinent things to say about the problems that concern them. This is the best book about Hegel's social and political philosophy that I know of.
-- Allen W. Wood, Yale University