Date: 2020
Type: Contribution to book
Die Ermordung Kotzebues und Hegels Philosophie des Rechts
Birgit SANDKAULEN and Michael QUANTE (eds), Hamburg : Felix Meiner Verlag, 2020, Hegel-Studien, Vol. 53-54, pp. 35-62
BUCHETMANN, Elias, Die Ermordung Kotzebues und Hegels Philosophie des Rechts, in Birgit SANDKAULEN and Michael QUANTE (eds), Hamburg : Felix Meiner Verlag, 2020, Hegel-Studien, Vol. 53-54, pp. 35-62
- https://hdl.handle.net/1814/68898
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In this article, I argue that the sensational 1819 murder of the famous playwright August von Kotzebue by Karl Sand, a student of theology and fraternity member, left its mark on Hegel`s Philosophy of Right. I demonstrate how Hegel incorporated an elaborate discussion of the incident and its background into his work of 1820 and reconstruct Hegel`s judgment of Sand`s action, drawing on lecture transcripts and contemporary sources, in particular a publication by his assistant Carové. Especially the remarks on § 140 are clearly the result of Hegel`s thorough engagement with Kotzebue`s murder and the public response to it, as I show with reference to discussions surrounding Jesuit moral philosophy, the notion of “the end justifies the means”, and the writings of Fried and de Wette. Kotzebue`s murder thus had a far greater impact on Hegel`s work than is usually recognised and must be seen as a direct context for the composition of the Philosophy of Right.
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/68898
Full-text via DOI: 10.28937/978-3-7873-3912-9
ISBN: 9783787339129; 3787339124
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Publisher: Felix Meiner Verlag
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