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Saturday, May 29, 2010

Identity in History Ep.4.5- Hegel's Master/Slave Dialectic- in a nutshell

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A quick description and (over)simplification of Hegel's master/slave dialectic, an important part of identity studies and very important for the next part of the series- The self and the Slave. For a ...
What Hegel’s Master/Slave Dialectic Really Meanshttp://www.scribd.com/doc/32100300/Hegel-Master-Slave
Only the Slave can transcend the given world and not perish. Only the Slave can transform the world that forms him and fixes him in Slavery and create a world that he has formed in which he will be free. And the Slave achieves this only through forced work carried out in the Master's service. To be sure, this work by itself does not free him. But in transform the world by this work, the Slave transforms himself, too, ana thus creates the new objective conditions that permit him l~ake up once more the liberating fight for . recognition that he refused in the beginning for fear of death.
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