Schein oder Erscheinen des Sittlichen? : Hegels Analyse der Marktwirtschaft

Abstract: The article attempts to show that Hegel’s concept of “civil society” is characterised by a deep ambivalence regarding the value of the new market economy. On the one hand, Hegel believed that the economic system represented by “civil society” succeeded like no other in simultaneously giving free reign to the desires of individual subjects and integrating them into a stable structural framework (I). On the other hand, Hegel’s reflections are increasingly overtaken by doubts as to whether, in the light of its self-destructive tendencies, the market system can be as successful in guaranteeing individual freedom as he first envisaged it tobe (II). In the course of this essay, it will ultimately become clear that Hegel’s attempt to redefine “civil society” reveals considerably more conceptual indecision and inner conflict than one might have suspected from the great system builder.

Location
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Extent
Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Schein oder Erscheinen des Sittlichen? ; volume:70 ; number:5 ; year:2022 ; pages:725-742 ; extent:18
Deutsche Zeitschrift für Philosophie ; 70, Heft 5 (2022), 725-742 (gesamt 18)

Creator
Honneth, Axel

DOI
10.1515/dzph-2022-0050
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022111913134183879368
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