Hegel's View of History

Hegel played a key role in challenging the view that history was static, stationary, fixed,
immobile, immovable, passive or stagnant. He was the first to show that history moves forward through internal contradictions found in society. That there are breaks in history that change the entire pattern, ideology, structure of society. This incredible insight into the evolution of human history broke with the metaphysical view of history of the medieval period and opened the space for the development of Marxism.

[@waleednoor6590]

Your lectures perfectly complement and reinforce my own learning of these great thinkers ... Respect from Brasil...i may be visiting LUMS next year (delivering a minicourse) and hope to meet you in person...

[@davidpage4329]

A big thanks. You made me look at stuff I have read from a different perspective. I was stuck, and now I am moving again, well for a while anyway.

[@danielhopkins296]

Terming Egypt as 'oriental' is stretching it more than trumps comb over

[@TaimurRahman-English]

Lol. Good one Daniel. Hegel grouped Egypt with other ancient civilizations like China, India, and Persia under the general concept of the "Orient." This is because for Hegel, the Orient wasn't merely a geographical category but also a conceptual category in relation to the World Spirit.

[@danielhopkins296]

@TaimurRahman-English I actually think parts of the Horn of Africa, Egypt Meroe, Koptos had massive cultural interchange with India but I don't reckon Egypt and etc " oriental" because I use it purely as a geographical designation as , I think , it's etymology is the French word for "east". I don't think people who are lose with terminology make good philosophers but may make a good poet

[@TaimurRahman-English]

@@danielhopkins296 I personally think of Egypt as African.

[@numbersix8919]

Wow doctor! THANK YOU for sharing these illuminating lectures. I not that Feuerbach said that humankind's fantastic creations of the Divine are actually reflections of the human ESSENCE. I note the word "essence" here and wonder at its exact meaning.

[@Diogenes_Parrhesiastes]

You do an extraordinary job, Dr. Rahman. Thank you.

[@hashistgesund207]

Thanks for the knowledge From Germany

[@notadane]

Good stuff, etcetera

[@TaimurRahman-English]

Sorry I tend to use that a lot. Trying to change that.

[@notadane]

@TaimurRahman-English no need to apologize, I was just being mean. In fact i should apologize. Sorry! I always learn something new from your lectures. All the best!

[@adammiller3609]

et cetera - 2 words

[@samarthpandey683]

7:32 so that’s where metaphor argument comes from defenders of religious scriptures. Most followers taken scriptures literally.

[@numbersix8919]

I am #6 ! Be seeing you👌

[@sarmad943]

If reason dictates that putting people in prison is better than chopping off hands punishment etc why do we see increased crimes in the former states and less crimes in the later states. In this case you can either say that the reasoning you applied is flawed and incomplete or you reason itself is not the efficient means to reach the correct conclusion

[@tanujSE]

See history,there was always been king and slavery and it was changed into wage slavery,a great seat capitalism maintain for mental labour

[@sarmad943]

If rationality is constantly evolving and what is rational yesterday becomes irrational tomorrow how can rationality be used as a measure to gauge the real objective good in the society. Lots of gaps there professor

[@AveragepoliticsEnjoyer]

Exactly there isn't an objectively good History Proves that.

[@Atheist-hy6xq]

No matter how much hard work the people of other countries do, they still can't earn money equal to Europeans. I am talking about the majority of the people of a country, not a single person (GDP per capita). The top 50 richest countries in GDP per capita are European countries or oil-rich countries. The real reason Europeans occupy all of North America, South America, Australia, and New Zealand, controlling almost 50% of the world's area and natural resources. Now, some will give examples of: - The Korean Economic Miracle, - The Japanese Economic Miracle, - And the Taiwan Economic Miracle. But in reality, no miracle happened. After World War II, Japan received $23 billion in aid, and Korea received $13 billion from America-these amounts are much higher in today’s value, though the exact numbers are unclear. Japan, Korea, and Taiwan became rich by becoming slaves of America (Europeans). These countries provided military bases to America and followed the same foreign policy as Europeans (for example, when the U.S. sanctioned Russia, Japan also sanctioned Russia). In exchange, America gave them prosperity through money, aid, technology transfer, factory setups, etc. For example, Taiwan is a small island country with a population of 10 million, but still, Taiwan is rich because of semiconductors. How did semiconductors come to Taiwan? Because of the USA. RCA (Radio Corporation of America) set up its semiconductor factory in Taiwan in: - 1966 (initially as a joint venture) - 1970 (as a wholly-owned subsidiary, RCA Taiwan Ltd.)

[@TaimurRahman-English]

Very true. Great data.

[@arunjetli7909]

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[@arunjetli7909]

you stile crotocsl thinkomg from India you thieved snd plgerdists will now see hoe thr east comes up scriedinger revignozed Info c philosophy as superior raniksn proved tje exvellrnce oof Infic mathrmarics zns tje hoggd bodin pRtivlr id more dboit Bosr thsn Hohs Einstrin zBosr math id skdo more s contribution of Bosr dnd less sbout einstein tjr youth of Indis noe dominates the eotld of chess eheere high intelligrnce ud required artificisl intelligence had its prototype in jain logic as sneksntavada or infinite possibilities yje whote msns mind has funally co f to copy tjat as well

[@sarmad943]

Moreover, if history ks moving forward in a dialectical nature why do we see things like genocide , Global Warming , mass corporate slavery , oppression etc in the dialactelly forward period of history. Moreover , How do you explain the rise and fall of civilizations who were quite advanced and logically superior like the greeks.

[@vannajs5024]

Hegel was naive in his thoughts,and sort of a charlatan,Jean Jacque Roussea, was the same,they've had this naive faith in humanity and human progress,same as the Marxist do.We only have technological progress,but the human egoistic driven nature and divisions are standing intact from the beginning of the civilization,Liberalism it's the only social progress humanity as a whole its capable of and that ultimately leads to, no good..I would rather believe Arthur Shopenhauer,s thought,rather than all those optimistic,idealistic, good resolution list,but without much ground in the reality.

[@arunjetli7909]

Hegel is tje most dogmatic throcrats