Macro · Structures & Institutions Stub 1807

Hegelian Dialectic and Struggle for Recognition

헤겔의 변증법과 인정투쟁

A dialectical metaphysical and historical framework asserting that consciousness, society, and freedom unfold through contradictory agonistic stages (thesis-antithesis-synthesis / Aufheben), culminating in absolute spirit.

Field Philosophy · Political Science · History
Level of analysis Macro · Structures & Institutions
Paradigm Idealism Conflict Theory
Key figures 👤 G. W. F. Hegel (G. W. F. 헤겔)
Year 1807

Key Claims

G. W. F. Hegel showed that human self-consciousness emerges through a life-and-death struggle for mutual recognition. In the Lordship and Bondage dialectic, the master gains empty recognition while the bondsman, through transformative labor upon the world, achieves true self-consciousness, driving historical development.

Further Reading

  • Hegel, G. W. F. (1807). Phänomenologie des Geistes. (English: Phenomenology of Spirit).

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