Hegel's Idea of the Constitution and its Historical Background


Ünsalan F.

BEYTULHIKME-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY, cilt.9, sa.3, ss.779-796, 2019 (ESCI, TRDizin) identifier identifier

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Modern state debates within the context of the restriction of power take the problem of the constitution as a fundamental issue. Historically, ongoing philosophical debates on the nature of the constitution predominantly share the same ground with the law theory; both based on the idea of a "constitutional state" or a "constitutional state". Another approach that stands out in the philosophical context is the approach based on the idea that the state and the constitution are essentially identical. Hegel had this idea that the state and the constitution are essentially identical in light of the ongoing debates in Germany in his era. In this study, an examination of the origin and the context of Hegel's idea of the constitution will be presented. This historical approach reveals a certain process in terms of the course of the modern state debate.