spike wrote:Speaking of flakes, there are a number of them on this forum.
In this review there is no mention of what Hegel was most famous for, for something he observed about humankind and how it advances, the idea of the dialectic. Nor is there any mention of the two major driving forces of humankind and Civilization Hegel discovered, that of the individual struggle for freedom/recognition and that things always change.
Instead, authors like Catherine Malabou and Charles Taylor, whose first names both start with"C" (C for change), just write about Hegel's ideas on religion, spirits and God. It is time for Hegelian scholars to move on and stop being sticks in the mud.
I think they are trying to avoid the 'M' word (Marx, and Hegel's influence).
I think they are trying to avoid the 'M' word (Marx, and Hegel's influence).
Much of Hegel's philosophy is about History and its unfolding. Marx is part of it. And without Marx we wouldn't be at this point in History we are today.
spike wrote:Speaking of flakes, there are a number of them on this forum.
In this review there is no mention of what Hegel was most famous for, for something he observed about humankind and how it advances, the idea of the dialectic. Nor is there any mention of the two major driving forces of humankind and Civilization Hegel discovered, that of the individual struggle for freedom/recognition and that things always change.
Instead, authors like Catherine Malabou and Charles Taylor, whose first names both start with"C" (C for change), just write about Hegel's ideas on religion, spirits and God. It is time for Hegelian scholars to move on and stop being sticks in the mud.
Now you're getting somewhere, spike. If the conversation turns to the political influence of Hegel then we have the basis of a meaningful exchange. His philosophy was at once derivative, pseudo-mystical and poorly developed intellectually but as a paid employee of the Prussian court he was the official apologist for Prussian geo-political thought in the Napoleonic era. Since Prussia was a major European power during this period his influence was profound. In my opinion any analysis of Hegel is only relevant from this angle because the rest of his philosophy is only good for toilet paper.