Critique of Political Economy in Fichte and Hegel

Abstract

This paper parts from the doctrine of intersubjectivity as the basis of the concept of law in Fichte and Hegel. It is shown that this theory not only constitutes a formal relationship (transcendental or pragmatic-linguistic) between consciences, but also contains a real dimension as a critique of political economy (free market). In Fichte, the link between recognition and ownership involves a planned economic model; in Hegel, it implies the necessary intervention of the state to correct the destructive dynamics of civil society. The legacy of both is thus decisive in the conceptual elaboration of the social/socialist state of law.