Ep. 36: More Hegel on Self-Consciousness

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Part 2 of our discussion of G.F.W. Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit (1807), covering sections 178-230 within section B, “Self-Consciousness.” Part 1 is here.

First, Hegel’s famous “master and slave” parable, whereby we only become fully self-conscious by meeting up with another person, who (at least in primordial times, or maybe this happens to everyone as they grow up, or maybe this is all just happening in one person’s head… who the hell knows given the wacky way Hegel talks)? Then the story leads into stoicism, skepticism, and the “unhappy consciousness” (i.e. Christianity).

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Running Time: 1 hr., 32 min. Recorded: March 13, 2011. Participants: Mark, Seth, and Tom McDonald

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