A Real Mind The Life and Work of Axel Hg̃erstrm̲ /

• Main Author: Mindus, Patricia. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Series: Law and Philosophy Library, 87
• Subjects: Philosophy (General).; Ethics.; Philosophy of law.; Political science > Philosophy.; Law > Philosophy.; Philosophy.; Philosophy of Law.; Law Theory/Law Philosophy.; Political Philosophy.; History of Philosophy.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2895-2

This comprehensive presentation of Axel Hg̃erstrm̲ (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 Based on his complete work, including unpublished...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:

• Introduction: The Rare Renown of a Swedish Scholar.
• Chapter 1 An Obscure Man of Thought.
• Chapter 2 A Real Conversion: Hg̃erstrm̲ on Theoretical Philosophy.
• Chapter 3 The Value of a Chair: The Moral Teachings.
• Chapter 4 A Lawyer Honoris Causa: Criticising the Will-theory.
• Chapter 5 A Realist Awakening: The Hidden Clockwork of Law.
• Chapter 6 Father of Scandinavian State Absolutism?
• Chapter 7 The Final Studies.
• Appendix: Hg̃erstrm̲<U+0019>s Life and Work In Brief.
• Organised Overview of Hg̃erstrm̲<U+0019>s Bibliography.
• Secondary Literature on Hg̃erstrm̲.
• Chronology of his Life and Work.
• References.
• Name Index.