Reviews for Rousseau, Law and the Sovereignty of the People

The average rating for Rousseau, Law and the Sovereignty of the People based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-07-21 00:00:00 Kathleen Baker This book was responsible for bringing Hegel to the French philosophical community, influencing Deleuze, Derrida and Foucault. It is a book on the relation of Hegel's phenomenology with his Logic, a notoriously obscure and dense area. He argues against humanistic interpretations of Hegel, that absolute Knowledge is not a human reflection, but a reflection of the Absolute in man. Hyppolite writes on Hegelian philosophy of language, logic and the categories of the Absolute. He also discusses Feuerbach and Marx in the conclusion to the work. Dense, although illuminating in its explication of extremely difficult Hegelian concepts. A useful and rewarding read.

Review # 2 was written on 2010-11-05 00:00:00 Adam Hibner Not much more helpful than reading Hegel's Lesser Logic. Hyppolite repeats Hegelian formulations in a way that seems to present an argument, but the inferences are neither intuitive nor demonstrated. Often I found myself asking, "But why?" If you like Hegel's dialectical logic, then this will seem like a very concise summary; if you find his logic impenetrable or counterintuitive, Hyppolite does little to help one understand.