A Real Mind The Life and Work of Axel Hägerström /

• Main Author: Mindus, Patricia (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Series: Law and Philosophy Library, 87
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Ethics.; Political science.; Philosophy and social sciences.; Political philosophy.; Law > Philosophy.; Law.; History of Philosophy.; Philosophy of Law.; Philosophy of the Social Sciences.; Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History.; Political Philosophy.

This comprehensive presentation of Axel Hägerström (1868-1939) fills a void in nearly a century of literature, providing both the legal and political scholar and the non-expert reader with a proper introduction to the father of Scandinavian realism. Based on his complete work, including unpublished...

Table of Contents:

• An Obscure Man of Thought
• A Real Conversion: Hägerström on Theoretical Philosophy
• The Value of a Chair: The Moral Teachings
• A Lawyer Honoris Causa: Criticising the Will-theory
• A Realist Awakening: The Hidden Clockwork of Law
• The Father of Scandinavian State Absolutism? Hägerström on Politics
• The Final Studies.