Outline of a Phenomenology of Right - Paperback

by Alexandre Kojève (Author), Bryan-Paul Frost (Editor), Robert Howse (Editor)

Alexandre Koj_ve offers a systematic discussion of key themes such as right, justice, law, equality, and autonomy in which he presages our contemporary world of economic globalization and international law. Edited and translated (with Robert Howse) by Bryan-Paul Frost, this is the authoritative English language edition of a monumental work in political philosophy.

Author Biography

Alexandre Koj_ve (1902-1968) was the author of the famous Introduction to the Reading of Hegel. He taught at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (Paris), where he gave his famous lectures on Hegel, and later was an influential official in the French Ministry of Economic Affairs. His influence was widespread among post-World War II French thinkers including Aron, Bataille, Lacan, and Sartre, and continues among contemporary intellectuals such as Allan Bloom and Francis Fukuyama.