3. The German Hegel Renaissance - Conservative Modernity (1950s-1960s)

Kai Froeb 2026

Part II: The Western Bloc - Liberalism as Antifascism (1945-1968)

  1. The Paradoxical Situation of Postwar Philosophy in Germany
  2. Joachim Ritter - Hegel and the French Revolution (1957)
  3. Theodor Litt (1880-1962) - The Idiosyncratic Path Between the Eras
  4. The Ritter School - Conservative Modernity as a Philosophical Program
  5. The Continuation in Constitutional Law - Order of Values, the Social State, Böckenförde
  6. Hans-Georg Gadamer - Truth and Method (1960)
  7. Bruno Liebrucks - Against the Trend (1964-1979)
  8. Eric Voegelin - Order and History (1956-1987)
  9. Concluding Remarks on Chapter 3: The German Hegel Renaissance Between Rehabilitation and Domestication

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