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Hegel's Social Ethics: Religion, Conflict, and Rituals of Reconciliation

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Hegel鈥檚 Social Ethics offers a fresh and accessible interpretation of G. W. F. Hegel鈥檚 most famous book, the Phenomenology of Spirit. Drawing on important recent work on the social dimensions of Hegel鈥檚 theory of knowledge, Molly Farneth shows how his account of how we know rests on his account of how we ought to live.

Farneth argues that Hegel views conflict as an unavoidable part of living together, and that his social ethics involves relationships and social practices that allow people to cope with conflict and sustain hope for reconciliation. Communities create, contest, and transform their norms through these relationships and practices, and Hegel鈥檚 model for them are often the interactions and rituals of the members of religious communities.

The book鈥檚 close readings reveal the ethical implications of Hegel鈥檚 discussions of slavery, Greek tragedy, early modern culture wars, and confession and forgiveness. The book also illuminates how contemporary democratic thought and practice can benefit from Hegelian insights.

Through its sustained engagement with Hegel鈥檚 ideas about conflict and reconciliation, Hegel鈥檚 Social Ethics makes an important contribution to debates about how to live well with religious and ethical disagreement.