-
Putting Ruist and Hegelian Social Thought in Dialogue
- Philosophy East and West
- University of Hawai'i Press
- Volume 71, Number 3, July 2021
- pp. 724-746
- 10.1353/pew.2021.0049
- Article
- Additional Information
- Purchase/rental options available:
Abstract:
This article first considers Hegel's treatment of Ruist thought, especially the Berlin-era lectures. While Hegel and Hegelian thought cannot integrate non-Western material, five interesting analogues in their social thought deserve consideration: the family as society's relational foundation; ritual as cultural language; Hegelian necessity as Ruist fate; rulers as relational centers; and tools for evaluating ritual.