Tag Archives: Hegel

Conspiracy Theories: A Threat to Democracy & Freedom

Posted on June 15, 2024 by greg

The populist use of tropes such as conspiracy theories plays an increasingly important role in their politics. Continue reading →

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Error 404: the Need for Change

Posted on August 1, 2023 by greg

Georg Hegel (1770-1831) introduced a system to study history – dialectical thinking – a progression in which each successive movement emerges as a solution to the contradictions inherent in the preceding movement with the development of freedom and the consciousness … Continue reading →

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Deception in Social Media Freedom Undermines Our Freedom

Posted on January 1, 2022 by greg

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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Beware: Populism Has Created a Culture of Victimhood

Posted on September 10, 2020 by greg

Trump’s victim politics is a complete fraud, an old trick used by economic elite to keep working-class Americans fighting each other rather than focusing on processes to counter the plutocrats who are ripping them off. Trump and his allies stoke … Continue reading →

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Communities Must Strive to Restore the Concept of Freedom

Posted on June 10, 2020 by greg

Ongoing austerity and policies of uncertainty can be seen clearly in the ongoing and ruthless assault on the social state, unions, higher education, workers, students, poor minority youth, and any vestige of the social contract. While this position in fact … Continue reading →

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The Rise of Revolutionary Ideas Over the Past 200 Years

Posted on March 10, 2020 by greg

In the 19th century, man has seen some of the most revolutionary ideas in human history. These ideas have not only shaped the way we live our lives, but they have completely changed the way we view ourselves and the … Continue reading →

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Alienation is the Catalyst for Social Change to Create a Healthy Middle Class

Posted on January 1, 2020 by greg

Hegel’s theory is basically that mankind is merely a series of constant philosophical conflicts. That Hegel was in some sense a critic of social contract theory is beyond dispute. The social contract theory maintained that in organized society the individual … Continue reading →

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Creating New Institutions: Discovering the Road to Freedom

Posted on December 10, 2019 by greg

Before the Enlightenment human beings were generally considered in terms of how they fit into social hierarchies and communal institutions, but following enlightenment the view was that the individual rather than society as a whole, is the most important entity. … Continue reading →

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Understanding Socioeconomic Contradictions

Posted on May 10, 2018 by greg

In the 19th century Georg Wilhelm Hegel (1770-1831) developed a theory to explain historical development as a dynamic process. Hegel introduced a system to study history – dialectical thinking – a progression in which each successive movement emerges as a solution … Continue reading →

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The Response to the Nationalist Neoliberal Hegemony

Posted on December 9, 2017 by greg

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 →

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