Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface: Hegel without Metaphysics? vii
4. Prologue: The Actual and the Rational xvii
5. PART I. The Law: The Positivity of Abstraction 1
6. PART II. The Vitality and Flaws of the Social 105
7. PART III. The State and the Political 207
8. PART IV. Figures of Subjectivity in Objective Spirit: Normativity and Institutions 277
9. Epilogue: The Passion of the Concept 351
10. Translator’s Note 367
11. Bibliography 371
12. Index 381