Freedom and the Economy
The Theory of Civil/Bourgeois Society after Hegel
Sven Ellmers(Author)
Brill (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 17. December 2026
Book
Hardback
232 pages
978-90-04-29821-7 (ISBN)
Description
The book analyses the theories of bourgeois society by Hegel, Marx and Honneth. Two things become apparent. On the one hand, Hegel's project of integrating the atomistic market economy into his theory of ethical life proves to be unconvincing. This also applies to Axel Honneth's attempt to actualise Hegel's idea of an intrinsic morality of the market. On the other hand, Hegel's approach is helpful for discussing fundamental normative questions: What reasons speak against capitalism? And what forms of sociality characterise the economy of a free community?
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
ISBN-13
978-90-04-29821-7 (9789004298217)
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Persons
Sven Ellmers, Ph.D., is a postdoctoral researcher (wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter) of Practical Philosophy at the University of Oldenburg. His research areas are critical theory, normative ethics, antisemitism studies and Classical German Philosophy.