Jacob Blumenfeld is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oldenburg, Germany, and member of the DFG collaborative research centre, "Structural Change of Property". He is the author of All Things are Nothing to Me: The Unique Philosophy of Max Stirner (2018).

This book provides a detailed account of the role of property in German Idealism. It puts the concept of property in the center of the philosophical systems of Kant, Fichte, and Hegel and shows how property remains tied to their conceptions of freedom, right, and recognition.

Introduction: Property in Legal Philosophy 1. Kant's Metaphysics of Property 2. Fichte's Recognition of Property 3. Hegel's Struggle for Property Conclusion: The Social Pathologies of Property