Freedom and Tradition in Hegel

<i>Freedom and Tradition in Hegel</i> stands at the intersection of three vital currents in contemporary ethics: debates over philosophical anthropology and its significance for ethics reevaluations of tradition and modernity and a resurgence of interest in Hegel. Thomas A. Lewis engages these three streams of thought in light of Hegel's recently published <i>Vorlesungen über die Philosophie des Geistes</i>. Drawing extensively on these lectures Lewis addresses an important lacuna in Hegelian scholarship by first providing a systematic analysis of Hegel's philosophical anthropology and then examining its fundamental role in Hegel's ethical and religious thought.