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      Hegel's anti-capitalist state Translated title: El estado anticapitalista de Hegel

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          I argue that Hegel's concept of the modern state is formulated in such a way as to be anti-capitalist. Hegel conceives of the modern state as advancing the universal will of the political community, I argue that the nature and structure of capitalist social relations are anathema to this project. Although Hegel provides a defense of modern market societies, he calls into question their corrosive effects on society as a whole. By seeing capitalism as more than simply a market-based organization of society, I argue that Hegel's concept of the state is in contradiction with the logic of capital as a social institution. Since the logic of capital forces other spheres of society to become dependent upon it as well as integrate social agents into forms of social life that do not serve universal ends, it constitutes a contradiction with the very purpose of the rational state as Hegel conceives it.

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          Sostengo que el concepto del Estado moderno de Hegel está formulado de tal manera como para ser anti-capitalista. Hegel concibe el Estado moderno como el avance de la voluntad universal de la comunidad política; yo argumento que la naturaleza y la estructura de las relaciones sociales capitalistas son un anatema para este proyecto. Aunque Hegel proporciona una defensa de las sociedades de mercado modernas, él pone en tela de juicio sus efectos corrosivos sobre la sociedad en su conjunto. Al ver el capitalismo como algo más que una organización de la sociedad simplemente basada en el mercado, sostengo que el concepto de Estado de Hegel está en contradicción con la lógica del capital como una institución social. Puesto que la lógica del capital obliga a otras esferas de la sociedad a convertirse en dependientes de ella, así como a integrar a los agentes sociales en formas de la vida social que no sirven a fines universales, esto constituye una contradicción con la propia finalidad del estado racional tal como Hegel lo concibe.

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                Discusiones Filosóficas
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                Vicerrectoría de Investigaciones y Postgrados, Universidad de Caldas (Manizales )
                0124-6127
                June 2013
                : 14
                : 22
                : 43-72
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                [1 ] William Paterson University USA
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                44628d88-834b-443a-954c-68978e159d10

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                General philosophy
                capitalism,freedom,Hegel,obligation,political economy,capitalismo,libertad,obligación,economía política

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