Nichols examines the major writings of Alexandre Koj_ve, and clarifies the character and brings to light the importance of his political philosophy. While emphasizing the political dimension of Koj_ve's thought, Nichols treats all his major published writings and shows how the remarkably varied parts of Koj_ve's intellectual endeavor go together. This is an essential assessment of Koj_ve which considers the works that preceded his turn to Hegel, seeks to articulate the character of his Hegelianism, and reflects in detail on the two different meanings that the end of history had in two different periods of his thought.
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By James H. Nichols Jr.
Inhalt
Chapter 1 Religion, Atheism, and Physics
Chapter 2 The Seminar on Hegel: History, Dialectic, and Finitude
Chapter 3 Politics and Law Towards the End of History
Chapter 4 The End of History: In the Future or in 1806, Communist or Capitalist?
Chapter 5 Updating Hegel's System
Chapter 6 Conclusions
Chapter 7 Epilogue: Philosophy, Politics-and Espionnage