Hegel's socio-philosophical ideas /last part/

Hegel discerns the objective and subjective side of the state. The organization of public authority (court, police, army) represents the objective state of the state. According to Hegel, the intelligent state has three authorities - legislative, government and princely (this is a hierarchical arrangement). For Hegel there can be no opposition to the three authorities, but unity (guaranteed by the monarch as the holder of the supreme, princely authority).

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There are upper and lower palaces. The upper palace consists of the aristocracy, on the principle of heredity. The Lower House represents business representatives representing the interests of various professions (craftsmen, tradesmen, etc.). Hegel values ​​high clericalism because he thinks he is only making the right decisions. The Hegelean state of affairs interprets it as a "common spirit," as a union of citizens of common spirit - that is, the identity of the people (the state).

For Hegel's "external state law," he justifies the possibility of solving disputes through wars."The war cleanses (strengthens) the spirit of the nations." (Hegel) About the essence of history. Historical development is progress, growth of consciousness, the need for freedom. Like Machiavelli, the driving force in history is the need of man, his individual intentions. They are a source of human action and activity.

"People do the story." (Machiavelli, Hegel, Marx), but they do not do it the way they want to do it because unexpected consequences are obtained, we always get an extra result of our actions. Ie. history can not be planned. The idea of ​​the "cunning of reason" or the mismatch of intent-result.The course of history is a human product, but it is not manageable by man. individuals only provide the energy for the course of history.The subjects of the story of Hegel are the states. A nation that has no own country falls out of history. In addition, the leader (as the head of the state) can direct the course of history (managing).