"Few, if any, have got the gist of the Geist. Until now, that is. In Hegels World Revolutions, Richard Bourke offers a major re-evaluation of not only Hegels philosophy of history but also the history of his philosophy. . . . To understand Hegel, you must read Bourke."---Daniel Johnson, The Critic "Richard Bourke is a formidably talented political historian. . . . Hegels World Revolutions displays a knowledge of its protagonists thought which may well be unequalled in Britain. Its mountain of secondary sources is just as impressive."---Terry Eagleton, London Review of Books "What has enduring influence is Hegels historical analysis, and Mr. Bourke provides a learned case for its brilliance and relevance. . . . Mr. Bourke in particular has effectively rebuked the overheated anathemas of Hegel produced by Berlin and Popper . . . [ and] their authoritarian Hegel must now confront Mr. Bourkes cosmopolitan, pluralistic and liberal version."---Jeffrey Collins, Wall Street Journal "[ A] breathtaking intellectual tour de force. . . . A book of such unrelenting intellectual calibre and breadth."---Jeremy Jennings, Engelsberg Ideas "A masterclass in scholarship."---Max Skjönsberg, Law & Liberty "Hegels World Revolutions represents arguably the most original contribution to Hegel scholarship in some time. . . .A comprehensive yet succinct and elegant exposition of Hegels thought that attests to his great importance as a leading philosopher of modernity."---Adam Coleman, Oxford Political Review "Bourkes defence of the German philosopher against a motley crew of post-war cynics and political idealists is historically thorough and philosophically compelling, every sentence of it delivered with a clarity that will make the layman rejoice and the specialist grunt with envy"---Harrison Pitt, The European Conservative "This study helps readers to appreciate the diagnostic function of the history of political thought and to consider its implications for our own time." * Paradigm Explorer * "[ The book] serves as boundless food for thought. . . .The sort of political philosophy that one has come to naturally align with such a brilliant mind as the man himself." * David Marx Book Reviews * "[ Hegels World Revolutions] is decorously scholarly: exhaustively researched, laden with footnotes, its argument infused with nuance throughout."---Seamus Flaherty, Merion West "[ Bourkes] project is immense in terms of its scope. It is hard not to be impressed by the breadth of his study as he meticulously discusses the fate of Hegelian philosophy in both the continental and the Anglo-Saxon traditions."---Umur Bada, Contemporary Political Theory "Subtle and persuasive Richard Bourkes book, which can at first glance seem to offer a blanket pessimism about the very possibility of revolutionary change, is in fact offering a much deeper account of what achieving genuine change might look like."---Jonathan Egrid, Times Literary Supplement "In Hegels World Revolutions, Richard Bourke offers a magisterial reconsideration of G.W.F. Hegels historical and political thought, providing a philosophical examination of how Hegels insights into modernity remain urgently relevant today."---Simon Gros, Philosophy "At this stage in his career a new book by Bourke must count as something of an intellectual event, and particularly when the subject of his latest offering is a thinker as ambitious and influential as Hegel... a truly impressive work."---Johnny Lyons, Dublin Review of Books "Bourke has a gift for engaging narrative, and his book carries the reader forward from idea to idea with impressive skill."---Stephen Houlgate, Society
