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Hegel's theory of international politics: a reply to Jaeger

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2003

Thom Brooks
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Hans-Martin Jaeger argues in this Journal that Hegel endorses a ‘reluctant realism’, whereby Hegel's theory of international politics institutionalises a transnationalising civil society of states. In Jaeger's view, Hegel's conception of individuals in civil society is analogous to states in international politics. On the contrary, I argue Hegel's conception of abstract right is far more commensurable with his theory of international politics. The mutual recognition existing in civil society – which helps to produce legal relationships – does not exist beyond the state where there are no legal relationships. Thus, Hegel is a realist of a more familiar sort, without any ‘reluctance’.

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Research Article
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Review of International Studies , Volume 30 , Issue 1 , January 2004 , pp. 149 - 152
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© 2004 British International Studies Association

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