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His main contribution to philosophy is that he has given an immanent critique of G.W.F.
Taking this result as point of departure for the Science of Logic, Hegel subsequently develops the "absolute idea". In the Philosophy of Right finally, Hegel develops the institutional realization of this idea as "objective spirit". There are, however, structural differences to notice.
In this way, he criticizes immanently.
In addition to this immanent critique of, Cobben contributed to philosophy in another, more practical, way, namely by actualising the Philosophy of Right. Its actualisation is required because many of the institutions that Hegel developed in the Philosophy of Right as the realization of freedom are restricted to a particular time and place.
Cobben substitutes these institutions for other ones that do realize freedom. This, and the aforementioned critique, constitute Cobben"s "post-dialectical" version of the Philosophy of Right as it is laid down in his Das Gesetz der multikulturellen Gesellschaft: eine Aktualisierung von Hegels "Grundlinien der Philosophie des Rechts" (2002).