Individual freedom against liberalism: Hegel's nonliberal individualism

IF 0.8 3区 哲学 0 PHILOSOPHY
Andrés F. Parra‐Ayala
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In this article, I argue that the main contribution of Hegel's philosophy of right to the contemporary political debate is that it opens a window on the idea that liberalism and individual freedom are incompatible. My main thesis is that the liberal conception of the State and law, structured from a nonrelational account of singularity, ends up denying the individual freedom that it claims to defend. I begin by reconstructing the Hegelian concept of freedom from its most general lines, showing that being free consists in wanting to become someone and not so much in wanting to do something. After showing that the purpose of becoming someone can only be fulfilled in a social medium, I focus on Hegel's critique of the liberal state (as expounded in the section on “civil society”). I argue that civil society structurally impedes individuals from realizing their purpose of becoming someone: the economical interactions of civil society give rise to impersonal and inscrutable mechanisms, which take the social conditions of people's individuation beyond their control. Finally, I claim that (rational) individual freedom consists in being able to thematize and democratically control the very social conditions of individuation through the State and law.
个人自由与自由主义:黑格尔的非自由主义个人主义
在这篇文章中,我认为黑格尔的权利哲学对当代政治辩论的主要贡献是,它打开了一扇窗户,让人们看到自由主义和个人自由是不相容的。我的主要论点是,自由主义的国家和法律概念,从单一性的非关系描述中构建而来,最终否定了它声称要捍卫的个人自由。我首先从黑格尔最普遍的自由观开始重建,表明自由在于想成为一个人,而不是想做某事。在表明成为一个人的目的只能在社会媒介中实现之后,我关注黑格尔对自由主义国家的批判(如“公民社会”一节所阐述的)。我认为,公民社会在结构上阻碍了个人实现其成为某人的目的:公民社会的经济互动产生了非个人的和难以理解的机制,使人们个性化的社会条件超出了他们的控制范围。最后,我声称,(理性的)个人自由在于能够通过国家和法律将个性化的社会条件主题化并民主控制。
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期刊介绍: The Southern Journal of Philosophy has long provided a forum for the expression of philosophical ideas and welcome articles written from all philosophical perspectives, including both the analytic and continental traditions, as well as the history of philosophy. This commitment to philosophical pluralism is reflected in the long list of notable figures whose work has appeared in the journal, including Hans-Georg Gadamer, Hubert Dreyfus, George Santayana, Wilfrid Sellars, and Richard Sorabji.
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