Corporations in Modern Political Theory: Positions from Hobbes and Hegel
Abstract
Our interest in the present work is, indeed, to focus on the subject of corporations, but focusing on two authors in particular: Thomas Hobbes and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. As will be seen, while Hobbes will refer to corporations as corporations, Hegel will refer to them as guilds. It is for this purpose that we will structure this paper in three stages. First, we will explain how corporations arise according to the theories of both authors. Then we will elucidate the way in which they function and are formed. Finally, in the third instance, we will elucidate the relationship between corporations and the state in both Hobbes and Hegel
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