“The Gorgon’s Head”: Hegel on Law and Violence in the Frankfurt Fragments

Acosta Lopez examines Hegel's philosophy on law and violence contained in the Frankfurt Fragments and asserts that Hegel is not only already explicitly concerned with the breach between (political) life and thought that he sees as predominant in modern philosophical thinking but he is also very...

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Published in:CR (East Lansing, Mich.) Mich.), 2014-09, Vol.14 (2), p.29-48
Main Author: Lopez, Maria del Rosario Acosta
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Christianity
Community relations
Criminal law
Destiny
Frankfurt, Federal Republic of Germany
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich (1770-1831)
Jewish law
Judaism
Law
Nature
Philosophy
Philosophy of law
Political Institutions
Politics
Reality
Sovereignty
Special Issue: Law and Violence
Universality
Violence
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Summary:Acosta Lopez examines Hegel's philosophy on law and violence contained in the Frankfurt Fragments and asserts that Hegel is not only already explicitly concerned with the breach between (political) life and thought that he sees as predominant in modern philosophical thinking but he is also very much aware that such a breach has had and could still produce violent historical consequences that philosophy needs therefore to address: on the one hand, by bringing them to light and retracing their (conceptual) origin, on the other hand, by mobilizing their yet to be fully understood possibilities. It is the task of philosophy to search for ways to interrupt the violence exercised by thought over reality to open up a different path from philosophy to life and hence from political institutions, law, and normativity to the complex and conflictive nature of our being in common. Adapted from the source document.
ISSN:1532-687X
1539-6630
DOI:10.14321/crnewcentrevi.14.2.0029