This philosopher rejected democratic electoral systems on the grounds that they divide the populace by geography, instead of by economic sectors, each of which he thought should be represented by a "corporation". This philoso
This philosopher rejected democratic electoral systems on the grounds that they divide the populace by geography, instead of by economic sectors, each of which he thought should be represented by a "corporation". This philosopher argued that, though private property defines individuality, it is not a natural right, but rather a socially constructed "mutual recognition" and therefore an (*) "abstract right". He posited a relationship in which a superior's self-consciousness is dependent on an inferior's recognition. This author of Elements of the Philosophy of Right discussed the master-slave relationship in a work that introduced his namesake three-part dialectic. For 10 points, name this German Idealist philosopher of The Phenomenology of Spirit.
This philosopher rejected democratic electoral systems on the grounds that they divide the populace by geography, instead of by economic sectors, each of which he thought should be represented by a "corporation".
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel