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- Title
HEGEL'İN TOPLUM SÖZLEŞMESİ TEORİLERİ ELEŞTİRİSİ.
- Authors
ALBAYRAK, Ömer B.
- Abstract
History of humanity shows many explanations concerning the social existence of man with the aim to understand and, if needed, to change it. The modern theory of the sovereign state has been formed along with the theories of social contract, which aim at the legitimization of it. Whereas the usual philosophers referred to under this rubric generally are Jean-Jacques Rousseau, John Locke and Thomas Hobbes, the philosophers interested in this topic are legion. Another important point is that the idea of natural right, which serves as a basis for these theories, has a long past that goes way back than the age of the aforementioned philosophers. The most important point that separates modern contract theories from those of the past is that they take their sources not from the Scriptures and the Church, but either from a presupposed state of nature or from a concept of free subject who determines her actions. When we look at the philosophers of the 18th and 19th Century Germany, we see that the first task for them is to expose and criticize their presuppositions. In this context Hegel's thought represents the first total and philosophical critique. In this paper, the Hegelian criticism of the social contract theories, along with the thoughts of its predecessors, Kant and Fichte, will be discussed.
- Publication
Academic Journal of Philosophy / Felsefi Düşün, 2022, Issue 19, p20
- ISSN
2148-0958
- Publication type
Article