“I am deeply convinced that Hegel is very topical today, especially for young people. In his works he developed an idea called subjective freedom. People as rational beings have the ability to judge themselves and determine what is true and what is not. We act on these critical evaluations. Historian of the philosophy of Jon Stewart, from the Institute of Arts, SAS. For his book <SD2> Hegel’s Century: Alienation and Recognition In and Time of Revolution </dho2> <SD3> (Hegel’s century: Theft and recognition in revolutionary times) </SD3> at the end The aforementioned publication has also been successful in the 46th year of the prestigious international competition of the Association of American Publishers Prose, where it was awarded as the best philosophical book of the year 2021.
“It is wrong to intervene as the governments do, for example, when they do not allow criticism in the form of freedom of expression or media freedom. Under subjective freedom, Hegel understands the idea that every single person has his / her irreducible value. Development, ”</dho1> emphasizes in an interview that can soon be found in the fifth issue of the magazine <SD2> Academy/Message SAS. </ SD2>
As J. Stewart reminds, Hegel’s idea is very topical in our modern world, because we tend to consider the many rights for which our ancestors had to fight for granted. <SD1> “This is a real danger, because when people are satisfied with such things as democracy, equality of rights, freedom of press, gathering, independent judicial system… Then it is easy for governments to start interfering with them and limit one after another. Totality. ”
You can read the whole interview with this scientist in a two -month <SD1> Academy/SAS Academy </ SD1>.
Text: Martin Podstupka
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