Full Idea
In the 1840s the orthodox interpretation of Hegel was that since human society is the manifestation of Mind [Geist] in the world, everything is right and rational as it is.
Gist of Idea
In the 1840s Hegel seemed to defend society being right as it is, as a manifestation of Mind
Source
report of Georg W.F.Hegel (Elements of the Philosophy of Right [1821]) by Peter Singer - Marx 2
Book Reference
Singer,Peter: 'Marx' [OUP 1996], p.14
A Reaction
This orthodoxy provoked the rebellion of Marx and the Young Hegelians. Modern Communitarians like Hegel, but that view seems to hover between right-wing authoritarianism and left-wing egalitarianism.