Hegel's Conservative Liberalism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6236702 |
|---|---|
| Authors | F R Cristi, Francisca Cristi (0000-0002-2168-1402, Wilfrid Laurier University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 717-738 |
| Publication date | 1989-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-4239 • E-ISSN: 1744-9324 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0008423900020229 |
| OpenAlex | W2092535195 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 12 |
Hegelian scholarship is rent between conservative and liberal interpretations of Hegel's political philosophy. These one-sided interpretations miss his attempts to reconcile freedom and authority. Conservative liberalism, I submit, rightly describes his posture. A dialectical procedure allows Hegel to derive rationally a conservative State from the liberal principles embodied in market society. The key to this dialectical derivation lies in the spontaneous order that springs naturally from the self-seeking behaviour of individuals. Hegel's realization of the negative ethical value generated by that spontaneous order, and the failure of corporations to discipline the business classes, prompts the powerful role he confides to the State and its monarch
Dialectic · Economics · Epistemology · Hegelianism · Law and economics · Liberalism · Order (exchange · Political philosophy · Political science · Politics · Scholarship · Sociology · State (computer science · Value (mathematics · Economic Theory and Institutions · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy · Political Economy and Marxism
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2025 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |