Articulations of Nature and Politics in Plato and Hegel
This book examines nature as a foundational concept for political and constitutional theory, drawing on readings from Plato and Hegel to counter the view that optimal political arrangements are determined by nature. Focussing on the dialectical impli
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Articulations of Nature and Politics in Plato and Hegel
Vicky Roupa
Articulations of Nature and Politics in Plato and Hegel
Vicky Roupa Department of Philosophy The Open University Milton Keynes, UK
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Acknowledgements
Many individuals have helped me develop the ideas presented here and have offered comments on drafts of earlier versions of this book. I would like to thank colleagues and faculty at the University of Sussex where my research for this project started. I am particularly grateful to Alison Stone and Tanja Staehler for their careful reading of my work, their encouragement, and valuable comments. Thank you to the philosophy department at the University of Hertfordshire for offering me the opportunity to lecture on Plato’s Republic and Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit, and for engaging with my research, especially Brendan Larvor, John Lippitt, Jane Singleton and Daniel D. Hutto. I am also thankful to the philosophy faculty at the Open University, and especially the Head of Department, Manuel Dries, for extending resources that allowed me to complete my research and writing. Earlier versions of portions of this book have been presented at various conferences and colloquia. An earlier version of Chap. 2 was delivered at the 2015 ‘Thinking in the Open’ Open University philosophy conference. Chapter 4 was presented at the 2005 Hegel Society of Great Britain an
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