Hegel and Marx: Introductory Lectures - Tapa blanda

"Elie Kedourie was one of the greatest historical scholars of this century, his work ranging from Middle Eastern Politics and Nationalism to British Political History. He had a special love for Hegel, giving for many years a seminar on the Philosophy of Right. Later he gave these lectures on Hegel and Marx. The lecture form gives a vivid reflection of Kedourie's intellectual personality. The care he took to be both lucid and thorough shines through from the very first page. His is the best account I know of the way in which certain religious and philosophical ideas emerging in Germany at the end of the eighteenth century were transformed by Hegel, and became with further changes the basis for Marxism." Professor Kenneth Minogue, London School of Economics "There is nothing else like this. Most books on Hegel are more difficult to read than Hegel himself: this is absolutely not the case with this one." Dr Shirley Letwin, author of The Pursuit of Certainty "This marvellous little book clearly establishes Hegel as the pre-eminent political philosopher of modernity, one who has uncanny relevance to the problems faced by advanced societies at the end of the twentieth century. We owe a debt of gratitude to his editors for making these lectures available to us in so readable and elegant a form." Francis Fukuyama, The Times Literary Supplement "This is an eminently readable work to be recommended to specialists and novices alike." Andrew Giles-Peters, La Trobe University

Based on Elie Kedourie's celebrated lectures at the London School of Economics, this is a sparkling introduction to the often difficult, sometimes opaque writings of Hegel and Marx. With characteristic eloquence and clarity, Kedourie provides an authorative exposition of the contributions made by these two thinkers shaping the foundations of contemporary political philosophy. Hegel and Marx will be welcomed by students and scholars alike.