The absolute spirit comes to Old Sarum: Hegel on the English Reform Bill. (Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel)

From: CLIO | Date: March 22, 1994| Author: | Copyright information

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel's position on the 1832 English Reform Bill reveals his political conservatism and misunderstanding of British politics. The bill expanded the popular vote and also redistricted 200 boroughs. Hegel viewed such reforms as forms of revolt, and implied that no change was preferable to expanded popular government. Hegel's writing in favor of greater reforms obscured his opposition to popular government.

In his essay on the English Reform Bill of 1832, Hegel attempts to come to grips with the process of political reform in Britain. In it he shows a ...

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