Hegelian Resources for Contemporary Tought

This article offers a guiding thread for the reconstruction of crucial Hegelian motifs of contemporary thought such as the socio-ontological paradigm; the action-theoretical model in moral and social philosophy; the question of naturalism; and the reassessment of the relevance of work and power for our understanding of human life. It is argued that recent developments in Hegelian tought address the shortcomings of Kantian and constructivist normative approaches to social practices and practical rationality it involves. shed new light on Hegel’s take on metaphysics, and put into question some presuppositions of the post-metaphysical interpretative paradigm