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Re-Hegelianizing Marx on Rights

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2017

Igor Shoikhedbrod
Igor Shoikhedbrod*
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University of Toronto, Canadaigor.shoikhedbrod@mail.utoronto.ca
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Abstract

While much has been written in recent years about the significance of Hegel’s Logic for Marx’s method in Capital, less attention has been given to the relevance of Hegel’s method for understanding Marx’s outlook on rights. The dominant view among political theorists across the Anglo-American, Marxist and critical theory traditions is that the revolutionary transformation of capitalism would pave the way for the disappearance of rights in communist society. The aim of this article is to question the orthodoxy concerning the fate of rights in communist society by bringing into relief the relevance of Aufhebung. When applied to Marx’s social theory, this Hegelian concept sheds valuable light on the transformation of rights in communist society and points to an alternative conclusion than the one proposed by leading commentators. A re-Hegelianized reading of Marx’s cumulative reflections on rights shows the possibility of a reconstituted notion of rights in communist society.

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Hegel Bulletin , Volume 40 , Issue 2 , August 2019 , pp. 281 - 300
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© The Hegel Society of Great Britain, 2017 

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