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Hegel on the 'Other': introducing the concept of recognition in Hegel's Phenomenology

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This paper introduces the notion of Recognition in the section of Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit entitled 'A. INDEPENDENCE AND DEPENDENCE OF SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS: LORDSHIP AND BONDAGE' by way of a commentary. Hegel's view is that in order for any self-consciousness to obtain it must be acknowledged as such by another self-consciousness. For Hegel, acknowledgement emerges as a necessary condition for self-consciousness. As such, Hegel's account of self-consciousness raises the problem of intersubjectivity, or the account of the relation between more than one self-consciousness and I suggest, without attempting to establish, some intuitive lines of defence of the Hegelian position. I suggest that the dialectic of lordship and bondage, or as it is commonly referred to, the Master-Slave dialectic, cannot be fully comprehended without an adequate understanding of Hegel's account of Recognition.

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  • Philip Tonner, 2009. "Hegel on the 'Other': introducing the concept of recognition in Hegel's Phenomenology," E-LOGOS, Prague University of Economics and Business, vol. 2009(1), pages 1-14.
    • Handle: RePEc:prg:jnlelg:v:2009:y:2009:i:1:id:252:p:1-14
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