Communitarianism and the rescue of Hegel's conception of freedom
| Autor | Rodrigo Antonio Calixto Mello |
| Ocupação do Autor | Student of Master in Law of the Federal University of Minas Gerais |
| Páginas | 1269-1276 |
Special Workshop: Cultural Turn and Philosophy of Law and State • 1269
Communitarianism and the rescue of
Hegel’s conception of freedom6 7
Rodrigo Antonio Calixto Mello8
1. Introduction
The communitarianism, thought that emerged in the 1980s and
that was developed in constant controversy with liberalism in general
and egalitarian liberalism in particular, rescued the classic philosophi-
cal debate between Kant and Hegel. In fact, communitarianism takes
some criticism that Hegel does to Kant: while Kant mentions the exis-
tence of certain universal obligations, Hegel reverses this formulation
to give priority to community ties. So, instead of valuing the ideal of
an “autonomous” subject, Hegel argues that the full realization of the
human being derives from the fuller integration of individuals in their
community.9
Thisstudy specicallyaims torelate thecommunitarianism to
the Hegelian conception of freedom, because in Hegel, the concept of
freedom is its concrete totality, in which there is unity between the sub-
jective freedom of the individual freedom and the objective freedom in
society.10
So, after a description of the basic ideas of communitarianism,
it will be presented an overview of the way that is treated the idea of
freedom in Hegel’s philosophy.
6
Paper presented at the Special Workshop Cultural Turn and Philosophy of Law and
State of the XXVI World Congress of Law Philosophy and Social Philosophy held at the
Federal University of Minas Gerais between July 21st and 26th of the year 2013.
7
e direct quotations in the text are free translations done by the author to the English
language according to the language contained in the reference.
8
Student of Master in Law of the Federal University of Minas Gerais.
9
GARGARELLA, Roberto. As teorias da justiça depois de Rawls; um breve manual de
losoa política. Trad. Alonso Reis Freira. São Paulo: Martins Fontes, 2008. p. 137.
10
RAMOS, Marcelo Maciel. A liberdade no pensamento de Hegel. In: SALGADO, Joa-
quim Carlos; HORTA, José Luiz Borges (orgs). Hegel, Liberdade e Estado. Belo Horizon-
te: Fórum, 2010. p. 149.
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