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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Old Hegelians canonical 2
Hegelian school 1

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Statements (48)

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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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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