Hegel's theory of international politics: A reply to Jaeger

Review of International Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 149-152

  Brooks, Thom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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1. This article is a reply to Hans-Martin Jaeger, 'Hegel's Reluctant Realism and the Transnationalisation of Civil Society', Review of International Studies, 28:3 (2002), pp. 497-517.
2. Ibid., pp. 498-9.
3. Joseph M. Grieco, Cooperation Among Nations: Europe, America, and Non-Tariff Barriers to Trade (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1990), pp. 3-4.
4. See Kenneth N. Waltz, Theory of International Politics (Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1979), p. 102.
5. Ibid., chs. 5, 6.
6. Ibid., pp. 499-500. See Waltz, Theory of International Politics, pp. 93-4; Robert O. Keohane, 'Theory of World Politics: Structural Realism and Beyond', in Keohane (ed.), Neorealism and Its Critics (New York: Columbia University Press, 1986), pp. 163-5; and Robert G. Gilpin, 'The Richness of the Tradition of Political Realism', in Keohane (ed.), Neorealiam and Its Critics, pp. 304-5.
7. Ibid., pp. 499-500. See Waltz, Theory of International Politics, pp. 93-4; Robert O. Keohane, 'Theory of World Politics: Structural Realism and Beyond', in Keohane (ed.), Neorealism and Its Critics (New York: Columbia University Press, 1986), pp. 163-5; and Robert G. Gilpin, 'The Richness of the Tradition of Political Realism', in Keohane (ed.), Neorealiam and Its Critics, pp. 304-5.
8. Ibid., pp. 499-500. See Waltz, Theory of International Politics, pp. 93-4; Robert O. Keohane, 'Theory of World Politics: Structural Realism and Beyond', in Keohane (ed.), Neorealism and Its Critics (New York: Columbia University Press, 1986), pp. 163-5; and Robert G. Gilpin, 'The Richness of the Tradition of Political Realism', in Keohane (ed.), Neorealiam and Its Critics, pp. 304-5.
9. Ibid., pp. 499-500. See Waltz, Theory of International Politics, pp. 93-4; Robert O. Keohane, 'Theory of World Politics: Structural Realism and Beyond', in Keohane (ed.), Neorealism and Its Critics (New York: Columbia University Press, 1986), pp. 163-5; and Robert G. Gilpin, 'The Richness of the Tradition of Political Realism', in Keohane (ed.), Neorealiam and Its Critics, pp. 304-5.
10. Jaeger, 'Hegel's Reluctant Realism', p. 501.
11. Ibid., p. 499.
12. G. W. F. Hegel, Elements of the Philosophy of Right, ed. A. W. Wood, trans. H. B. Nisbet (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991), p. 366 (section 331); references to section numbers, remarks marked 'R', additions marked 'A'. See ibid., p. 366 (section 330, A).
13. G. W. F. Hegel, Elements of the Philosophy of Right, ed. A. W. Wood, trans. H. B. Nisbet (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991), p. 366 (section 331); references to section numbers, remarks marked 'R', additions marked 'A'. See ibid., p. 366 (section 330, A).
14. Ibid., p. 367 (sect. 331). See ibid., p. 368 (section 332).
15. Ibid., p. 367 (sect. 331). See ibid., p. 368 (section 332).
16. See ibid., p. 75 (sect. 44, R).
17. See ibid., pp. 104-14 (sects. 72-81).
18. Ibid., p. 130 (section 102, A). See ibid., p. 252 (section 220) and G. W. F. Hegel, Philosophy of Mind: Part Three of the Encyclopaedia of the Philosophical Sciences (1830), trans. W. Wallace (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1971), p. 247, 261 (sects. 500, 531).
19. Ibid., p. 130 (section 102, A). See ibid., p. 252 (section 220) and G. W. F. Hegel, Philosophy of Mind: Part Three of the Encyclopaedia of the Philosophical Sciences (1830), trans. W. Wallace (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1971), p. 247, 261 (sects. 500, 531).
20. Ibid., p. 130 (section 102, A). See ibid., p. 252 (section 220) and G. W. F. Hegel, Philosophy of Mind: Part Three of the Encyclopaedia of the Philosophical Sciences (1830), trans. W. Wallace (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1971), p. 247, 261 (sects. 500, 531).
21. See ibid., pp. 250-1 (section 218, R, A) and 253 (sect. 222, A).
22. Ibid., p. 131 (section 103). Emphasis given.
23. Ibid., p. 368 (section 333, A).
24. Ibid., p. 369 (section 336). See ibid., p. 370 (section 337).
25. Ibid., p. 369 (section 336). See ibid., p. 370 (section 337).
26. Ibid., p. 369 (section 334).
27. When Jaeger claims: 'for Hegel a contract is a merely abstract relation' he fails to recognise that Hegel's understanding of 'abstract relation' is not commensurate with our everyday usage.
28. Hegel, Elements of the Philosophy of Right, p. 371 (section 339A).
29. Jaeger, 'Hegel's Reluctant Realism', p. 513. See ibid., pp. 502-3.
30. Jaeger, 'Hegel's Reluctant Realism', p. 513. See ibid., pp. 502-3.
31. Hegel, Elements of the Philosophy of Right, p. 371 (section 339A).
32. Ibid., p. 372 (section 341).
33. Ibid., p. 373 (section 343, R). Emphasis given.
34. I would not want to dispute the importance for Hegel of the world spirit [Weltgeist] to the development of world history.
35. Hegel, Elements of the Philosophy of Right, p. 368 (sect. 332). If states can satisfy their needs without recourse to others, civil society cannot be analogous as in this sphere the satisfaction of needs is dependent upon the cooperation of others. This contradicts Jaeger's claim. (See Jaeger, 'Hegel's Reluctant Realism', pp. 499, 501.)
36. Hegel, Elements of the Philosophy of Right, p. 368 (sect. 332). If states can satisfy their needs without recourse to others, civil society cannot be analogous as in this sphere the satisfaction of needs is dependent upon the cooperation of others. This contradicts Jaeger's claim. (See Jaeger, 'Hegel's Reluctant Realism', pp. 499, 501.)
37. I b i d.
38. Ibid., p. 220 (section 182, A).
39. Ibid., p. 221 (section 183).
40. Ibid., pp. 366-7 (section 331, A). Emphasis given.
41. See ibid., pp. 220-74 (section 182-256).
42. Jaeger's failure to realise this may be due to his inability to see Hegel's theory of civil society as something more than mere market relations. (See Jaeger, 'Hegel's Reluctant Realism', pp. 510-1.)
43. E. H. Carr, The Twenty Years' Crisis, 1919-1939, 2nd edn. (New York: Harper & Row, 1946), p. 153. Cited in Jaeger, 'Hegel's Reluctant Realism', p. 497.
44. E. H. Carr, The Twenty Years' Crisis, 1919-1939, 2nd edn. (New York: Harper & Row, 1946), p. 153. Cited in Jaeger, 'Hegel's Reluctant Realism', p. 497.
45. Jaeger, 'Hegel's Reluctant Realism', p. 509, n. 65. Thus, if Hegel's theory of civil society is not analogous to his international politics, then perhaps it is an understatement to claim '[m]uch of what Hegel says about relations among states seems to fit the realist predicament'. (Ibid., p. 505.)
46. Jaeger, 'Hegel's Reluctant Realism', p. 509, n. 65. Thus, if Hegel's theory of civil society is not analogous to his international politics, then perhaps it is an understatement to claim '[m]uch of what Hegel says about relations among states seems to fit the realist predicament'. (Ibid., p. 505.)