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Tag Archives: Hegel
The Response to the Nationalist Neoliberal Hegemony
Hegel believed in a freedom of action that included struggle through rational deliberation – when we cease to strive to realize a potential then we live by habit, by rote. The light of progress spreads and can be generated by … Continue reading
Seeking Sources of Progress
In the 19th century Georg Wilhelm Hegel (1770-1831) developed a theory to explain historical development as a dynamic process. This not only enforces the concept that conflicts are not bad, but good for generating understanding. Hegel introduced a system to … Continue reading
The Republican Party – the Party of Cognitive Dissonance
Georg Hegel (1770-1831) who saw a world governed by individual self-interest believed that we are controlled by external forces, and are nothing but pawns in the game. Hegel believed that we do not perceive the world or anything in it … Continue reading
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Tagged Donald Trump, Hegel, narcissism, Rick Santelli, Tea Party
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Part 2 of 3: Defining Freedom in the 21st Century
Hegel developed a philosophy of action in which the spirit is always active in the search of some aim, in realizing one’s potential or self-actualization. Hegel believed history is a progressive realization of freedom. Feuerbach’s critique of Hegel’s philosophy is … Continue reading
Part 1 of 3: The Struggle for Freedom
Western Europe once had a deeply religious culture, in which theology was the main discipline. Then theology developed philosophy, and it was soon swallowed and eaten by its child. Theology began to lose ground to philosophy in the 17th century, … Continue reading
The End of History – A Journey
The Enlightenment was a movement to displace the dogged adherence to established opinions and customs, and to enlighten a population the system had kept in the dark. Voltaire (1694-1778) relied upon his books to spread the light (knowledge) across Europe. Georg … Continue reading
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Tagged Francis Fukuyama, Hegel, middle class, Occupy Wall Street, Voltaire
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On Self-actualization
Georg Hegel (1770-1831), philosopher and historian, had to decide what to retain and what to jettison of the French Enlightenment tradition that had permeated German culture. From the Enlightenment he chose freedom of action, not just freedom of thought. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Hegel, individualism, poverty, social determinants of health
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