In Hegel's Critique of Liberalism, Steven B. Smith examines Hegel's critique of rights-based liberalism and its relevance to contemporary political concerns. Smith argues that Hegel reformulated classic liberalism, preserving what was of value while rendering it more attentive to the dynamics of human history and the developmental structure of the moral personality. Hegel's goal, Smith suggests, was to find a way of incorporating both the ancient emphasis on the dignity and even architectonic character of political life with the modern concern for freedom, rights, and mutual recognition. Smith's insightful analysis reveals Hegel's relevance not only to contemporary political philosophers concerned with normative issues of liberal theory but also to political scientists who have urged a revival of the state as a central concept of political inquiry.

作者史蒂芬. B. 史密斯（Steven B. Smith），獲芝加哥大學博士學位，自1984年以來任教於耶魯大學，現為政治科學阿爾弗雷德. 考勒斯（Alfred Cowles）講席教授。研究領域主要為：政治哲學史中的古今問題、政教關係、代議製理論。主要著作包括：《黑格爾的自由主義批判》（Hegel’s Critique of Liberalism，1989），《斯賓諾莎，自由主義和猶太認同》（Spinoza, Liberalism, and Jewish Identity，1997），《斯賓諾莎的生命之書》（Spinoza’s Book of Life，2003），《閱讀施特勞斯》（Reading Leo Strauss，2006），《政治哲學》（Political Philosophy，2012），《現代性及其不滿》（Modernity and its Discontents，2016）。曾榮獲數個學術奬項，但自豪的莫過於2009年度第63屆萊剋斯. 希剋鬆（Lex Hixon）社會科學教學優秀奬。

譯者楊陳，西南政法大學本科、碩士，清華大學憲法學博士，華東政法大學科學研究院助理研究員，主要研究領域為憲法學、法哲學。