Absolute idealism#Neo-Hegelianism

The neo-Hegelianism is a collective term for the initiated mainly by Kuno Fischer and Wilhelm Dilthey attempt a renewal of philosophical thoughts of Hegel. Your objective is the defense of positivism in humanities subject areas.

The neo-Hegelianism tends - citing Hegel - the method of dialectics, to metaphysics (especially the metaphysical interpretation of culture and history ), for the defense of the abstract power of the state and to highlight the humanities over the sciences.

This non-uniform flow in philosophy is especially common in Germany, but also in France, England, the Netherlands, Italy, Russia, Scandinavia and the USA.

Main proponents of neo-Hegelianism

• Balthus Wigersma
• Hans Freyer
• Thomas Hill Green
• Theodor Litt
• Brand Blanshard
• Bernard Bosanquet
• Francis Herbert Bradley
• Benedetto Croce
• Giovanni Gentile ( initially)
• Josiah Royce
• G.J.P.J. Bolland
• John McTaggart Ellis McTaggart
• Julius Binder ( legal philosopher )
• Karl Larenz ( legal philosopher )
• Gerhard Dulckeit ( legal historian )