Hegel Contra Sociology (Radical Thinkers)

Gillian Rose is among the twentieth century s most important social philosophers. In perhaps her most significant work, Hegel Contra Sociology, Rose mounts a forceful defence of Hegelian speculative thought. Demonstrating how, in his criticisms of Kant and Fichte, Hegel supplies a preemptive critique of Weber, Durkheim, and all of the sociological traditions that stem from these neo-Kantian thinkers, Rose argues that any attempt to preserve Marxism from a similar critique and any attempt to renew sociology cannot succeed without coming to terms with Hegel s own speculative discourse. With an analysis of Hegel s mature works in light of his early radical writings, this book represents a profound step toward enacting just such a return to the Hegelian.