Old Hegelians

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The Old Hegelians were a conservative group of 19th-century German philosophers who interpreted Hegel’s ideas in support of the existing Prussian state, traditional religion, and established social order.

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Label Occurrences
Old Hegelians canonical 2
Hegelian school 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hegelian school
conservative intellectual current
philosophical movement
aimedTo defend Christian doctrine through Hegelian concepts
justify existing political institutions using Hegelian philosophy
characteristicFeature emphasis on reconciliation with reality
loyalty to existing institutions
political conservatism
theological conservatism
contrastedWith Young Hegelians
radical Hegelianism
countryOfOrigin Germany
emergedAfter death of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
fieldOfWork philosophy
philosophy of religion
political philosophy
hasNotableMember Eduard Gans
Friedrich Julius Stahl
Heinrich Leo
Johann Karl Friedrich Rosenkranz
Johann Philipp Gabler
Karl Friedrich Göschel
Karl Ludwig Michelet
Philipp Konrad Marheineke
historicalContext Restoration era in Germany
post-Napoleonic Prussia
ideologicalOrientation conservatism
influenced conservative Protestant theology in 19th-century Germany
conservative political thought in Prussia
influencedBy Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
linked to: G. W. F. Hegel
intellectualRole academic defenders of the Prussian establishment
interpretedWorkOf Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
linked to: G. W. F. Hegel
language German
locatedInTime 19th century
opposedBy Left Hegelians
linked to: Young Hegelians

Young Hegelians
philosophicalTradition German idealism
politicalPosition right-wing Hegelianism
region Prussia
supports Prussian state
linked to: Prussia

established social order
traditional religion
usesConcept Hegelian dialectic
linked to: Hegelian dialectics

Hegelian philosophy of history
Hegelian philosophy of right
linked to: Philosophy of Right
viewOnReform preference for gradual or minimal change
viewOnReligion defense of Protestant orthodoxy
viewOnState affirmation of existing Prussian monarchy

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Young Hegelians opposedTo Old Hegelians
Heinrich Gustav Hotho partOf Hegelian school
linked to: Old Hegelians