No philosopher has arguably had the kind of lasting impact on debates about the nature of reason and society and the individual as Friedrich Hegel. Reason and Revolution is Herbert Marcuse''s brilliant interpretation of Hegel''s philosophy and the influence it has had on political thought, from the French revolution to the twentieth century.
In a masterpiece of dialectical thought, Marcuse superbly illuminates the implications of Hegel''s philosophy, rescuing it from the taint of reactionary thought that distorted or dismissed it for the early part of the twentieth century. After a masterful survey of the main elements of Hegel''s philosophical system, Marcuse argues that it is Hegel the rationalist and progressive who stands in contrast to the irrationalism of Nazism, providing the crucial platform on which Marxist thought would later build and take Hegel''s thought in a radical and explosive new direction.
A vital book in the development of critic
