Hegelian Dialectic Research Articles

Диалектика социальной трансформации человека в современном обществе

This article reveals the dialectical essence of the process of human transformation in modern society from the perspective of the theory of evolution. The cephalization of modern man is presented by the author from the position of one of the principles of Hegelian dialectics – as a process of transition of quantitative changes into qualitative ones. And the human brain, in this case, acts as a new material basis and a new level of conscious reflection of reality. The features of the human transformation process are revealed, which include: a person’s acquisition of new personality traits, increased intellectual potential, formation of a new lifestyle, habits, needs and interests. A person’s acquisition of new knowledge is associated with solving more complex problems and a variety of phenomena in social life, which opens up great opportunities for self-improvement. The process of transformation of modern man is discussed, which is associated with a change in a person’s attitude towards information, a change in the ways of processing and extracting it. The cephalization of the human is considered as a process of increasing the level of organization, systematicity and integrity of the brain, increasing the het-erogeneity of its structural elements, the formation of new neural connections and the emergence of many in-tegration centers. The conclusion is made about the dialectical unity of the processes of transformation and cephalization of modern man as an integral living system in constant interaction with the social environment.

The dialectic of articulation: a Hegelian response to Adams

ABSTRACT This article responds to Nicholas Adams by exploring the affinities between his account and Hegel, with a particular focus on the dialectic of articulation. They seem to agree on the undermining effect of articulation and reflection on implicit commitments. However, Adams diverges from Hegel by questioning the consequence and supposed inevitability of this dialectical process. Whereas Hegel argues for the desirability of conscious articulation in the progress towards modernity, Adams contends that it is actually a destructive and oppressive process, challenging Hegel’s Enlightenment optimism and Eurocentrism. Still, I suggest that Hegel’s concern for rational dialogue as an indispensable condition for modern life and community should be taken seriously. Scriptural reasoning, as discussed by Adams, provides a model how we can have a form of rational dialogue that escapes from the dilemma posed by the Hegelian dialectic, and that it may be possible to combine strong ethical commitments with an openness to pluralistic dialogue.

From Power as Force to Power as Theater: Scenes of Agency in Hegel and Nietzsche

Abstract: This article identifies a tension between two opposing conceptualizations of power within contemporary political theory: the vitalist understanding of power as force, friction, and agonism, and the deconstructivist treatment of power as impressionability, imitation, and theatricality. It situates this divergence within Gilles Deleuze’s employment of Nietzsche against the Hegelian dialectics, and proceeds to excavate a latent shadow of theatricality running through both Hegel’s and Nietzsche’s respective theorizations of power as bondage and as tragedy. This rearticulates the primary operation of power as one that is neither superseded by Reason as in Hegel, nor entirely exhausted by the excesses of materiality over and above identity as in Deleuze’s uptake of the Nietzschean “will-to-power.”

Adorno, Jiddu Krishnamurti, and Critical Theory: Negative Dialectics and Non-identity Thinking

ABSTRACT This paper explores the relationship between the thought of Theodor W. Adorno and Jiddu Krishnamurti. It focuses upon how both thinkers employ a determinately negative epistemology and revise Hegelian dialectics as a manner of ratiocination to resolve socio-political problems. It is argued that Krishnamurti’s negative epistemology is rendered more robust when read along with Adorno’s critical theory, aesthetic theory, and notions of negative dialectics and non-identity thinking. It is hoped that this synthesis of thought raises the possibility for ongoing creative responses to contemporary socio-political challenges over and above either political demonstration or intellectual retreat.

Hegelian dialectics and ethnoclass differences

Difference is not an epiphenomenon of socio-spatial relations, but a genuine worldmaking driving-force, provided that it is the handling of difference that paves the way to specific interactions that end up shaping society and, ultimately, space. There exists not merely ‘a world of difference’ but a world because, and out of, differences. This article offers a neo-Hegelian analysis of the spatial basis of politico-economic and ethnic-social differences, making use of the striking example of anti-difference violence suffered by indigenous peoples under the hegemony of financial-rentier capitalism. There are two main pillars of socio-spatial difference, ethnicity and class, which co-determine each other and eventually result in hybrid, ethnoclass differences held by all humans and according to their specific and general circumstances. The socio-spatial trajectory of the Guarani-Kaiowa indigenous nation, in the center of Brazil, is emblematic of the dialectical basis of ethnoclass differences, and also of the political potentiality of difference.

걸그룹 뉴진스(NewJeans)에 나타난 뉴미디어 시대 아이돌 홍보 전략 연구

The purpose of this article is to suggest new trends in the idol market and the direction of next-generation K-pop promotion strategies by studying ‘NewJeans’, which has presented a new paradigm for idol promotion strategies in the age of new media. As a research method, based on the theoretical background of existing idol promotion strategies, we will draw out the differences from other groups in the promotion strategy of ‘NewJeans’ through a comparative analysis using statistical data, music charts, and press releases. First, the management philosophy of Min Hee-jin, the CEO of ‘NewJeans’, based on Hegel's dialectic, has set a new trend in the idol market. Second, the active utilization of IP led to effective publicity. Third, through the utilization of the newtro concept, the product was consumed by a wider age group than the main consumption age group of the existing idol industry. This study has practical implications in that it provides a direction for successful promotion cases utilizing new media, and research on new genres that are leading trends in the current generation should be continued based on this study.

Raya Dunayevskaya: Hegel ve Marx Arasındaki Diyalektik Sınırlar

This article aims to discuss the dialectical relationship between Hegel and Marx, based on the Marxist-humanist thought of which Raya Dunayevskaya is the founder, through the concept of "alienated labor", which is one of the fundamental phenomena of Marxism. For Dunayevskaya, Marx's emphasis on humanism in Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts of 1844, is directly linked to his discovery of the revolutionary aspect of the dialectics of negativity, which was at the heart of Hegel's absolute idealism. Thus, from the moment when workers' movements discover the dialectic of absolute negativity, they are transformed into freedom struggles capable of human self-determination. Thus, the dialectical law formulated by Hegel as the ‘negation of the negation’ is read by Marx as the first negative, the sublate of alienated labor. For Dunayevskaya, Marx is the only one who, unlike traditional Marxism, can save the Hegelian dialectic from its mystic aura by transforming it into a philosophy of liberation. For Dunayevskaya, the dialectical boundaries between Marx and Hegel are determined by the absolute negativity/ dialectic of negativity that Marx thinks he depts to Hegel. Keywords: Raya Dunayevskaya, Karl Marx, Hegelian Dialectics, Alienated Labor, Marxist- Humanism.

Gifts and Commodities: A Dialectical Thought Experiment for Sublation

The core motivation for this study is the realization that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) encounter temporary obstacles, conflicts, or inconsistencies that impede progress and generalization. According to the authors, sustainable development across social, environmental, and economic dimensions is unlikely to occur without redefining the meaning and recalibrating the metrics used to measure commodities. These meanings and metrics must align with values such as general reciprocity, morality, and the common good, going beyond mere calculations of means and ends and personal preferences. The research has three primary objectives: first, to compare and reassess the meanings and responsibilities assigned to “items” traded in indigenous and modern economies; second, to use Hegelian dialectics to enhance and transform the notion of a commodity by revising and expanding its current understanding; and third, to introduce a new construct—the giftized commodity—along with potential implicational scenarios and recommendations for its inclusion in theory development in stakeholder capitalism, sustainable consumer behavior, and ecological economics. Through a dialectical interaction (in a Hegelian sense), by integrating seminal and diverse viewpoints from economics and anthropology, such as Neoliberalism, commodity theory, gift theory, and production and consumption in indigenous societies, the authors intend to modify and restructure the scope of responsibilities associated with commodities and commodity exchange.

Introduction: The Formalization of Dialectics

The idea at the basis of this special issue is that reopening the old debate about the logical status of Hegel's dialectics is extremely interesting, for various reasons. The first reason is that a new Hegel is circulating, nowadays, in the philosophical literature, with specific reference to Hegel's dialectical logic and its relation to the history and philosophy of logic. This development deserves to be accounted for. Secondly, new research about the connection between contradictory logical systems and Hegel's dialectics is also being developed, and this too deserves to be acknowledged. Finally there are, recently, confirmations that the concept of dialectics is of general interest, and that the usual perplexities about the Hegelian triadic and fairly mechanic device of ‘yes, not, and not not’ are in remission.

Dialectical Integration: The Case of Psychoanalysis and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Based on Hegel's dialectics, we argue that different psychotherapies considered monolithic such as cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and psychoanalysis, even though they hold radically different views on human suffering and therapy's aims, profoundly influence each other. We call this mutual influence dialectical integration (DI). DI is the result of unconscious processes that are activated by antagonism and negation for self‐constitution. In a dialectically formative process, the self‐constitution of CBT and psychoanalysis each is achieved by means of the negation of part of itself, which undergoes alienation in the other, thereby superficially taking the form of a rejection of the other approach. But whenever theoretical or practical lacunae occur in the unfolding of these disciplines, they negate this primary negation and re‐internalize the alienated self‐component. This part does not return in its original—and negated—form, but, through a sublation introducing theoretical and practical development. This is illustrated here by Hartmann's ego psychology, Beck's cognitive theory, Young's schema therapy, and Bateman & Fonagy's mentalization‐based therapy (MBT). We show how these developments incorporate elements of otherness, which are not simply extraneous to the tradition but also part of it. We conclude by showing how DI gives rise to recognition and containment of otherness in both schools.

Understanding Hegel's Logic: On Houlgate's Hegel on Being

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Individuality and Convention in Kate Chopin’s The Awakening: A Hegelian Dialectic Approach

This research paper studies the themes of individuality and convention in Kate Chopin’s The Awakening from a Hegelian dialectic perspective. The significance of the study lies in the fact that it fills a gap in knowledge that has not been fully addressed in relation to the theme of individuality and convention using Hegel’s dialectics. It examines the work to discover the vacillations of the heroine between rebellion and conformity and evaluate the outcome. Hegel’s framework of thesis, antithesis and synthesis is applicable to the analysis of the opposing themes. The study has managed to answer its key research questions. First, convention in the novel is represented by stringent social norms, patriarchy, matrimony, and women’s conformity with them. Second, individualism is mainly represented by Edna who struggles to put her inner self first, her misogamy, and her extra-marital romances. Third, interaction between individuality and convention tips the balance in favor of convention for the following main reasons: Edna’s compliance and ambivalence and Robert’s wavering and estrangement. Ultimately, the thesis comes into interaction with the antithesis to allow convention to prevail, leveraging and isolating Edna before she commits suicide.

Неогегельянство Александра Кожева и его влияние на постмодернизм

The article discusses the main aspects of Alexandre Kojève's philosophy as well as the reception of his ideas in the philosophy of "Low materialism" (G. Bataille) and Postmodernism (M. Foucault, R. Barthes, B. Groys).The most important moments of Kojève's biography are noted and analyzed, especially his reinterpretation of Hegel’s dialectics, which had become one of the leading concepts of French philosophy of XX century. Moreover, there is a classification of the concepts of Hegelian dialectics, which Kojève uses as his Neohegelian language: Negative dialectics, Lord–bondsman dialectics, The End of History. Apart from this, there are some themes of Postmodern philosophy (The death of the subject) that are analyzed in comparative way with Kojève's ideas. The authors come to the conclusion that Kojève's innovative interpretation of "Phänomenologie des Geistes" had become one of the most important bases of Postmodernism.

한국 아이돌 뮤직비디오에 나타나는 변증법적 여성서사 연구

The purpose of this study is to examine the dialectical female narrative that appears in the music video of the girl group “Red Velvet” through Hegel's dialectic. In the red velvet song with the velvet concept targeted in this study, “Women's narrative,” in which women become the subject of narrative and express the self-realization of the female subject, is a central element. Macroscopically, these songs form a “These-Antithese-Synthese” relationship, and epicly, they consist of a “divide-integration-divide-integration” aspect. In general, “These” is a hesitation to return to a patriarchal and male-centered society, and “Antithese” is symbolized by a determination to overcome this hesitation and build an independent and independent self. In other words, in the case of “divide”, hesitation was resolved or completed without being overcome, and in the case of “integration”, hesitation was overcome and self-identity was found. Given that the relationship between the four songs ends in an anti-harmony relationship, it can be seen that the female community represented by Red Velvet overcame this hesitation, solidified its identity, and achieved self-realization. This logic of “These-Antithese-Synthese” in Red Velvet's music video can be expanded further from Red Velvet to a metaphor for the situation that girl groups face in Korean society. For girl groups aimed at commercialism, feminism tended to be taboo in itself, but since the mid-2010s, gender issues have emerged as socio-cultural issues, and girl groups have also begun to change. Girl group members show direct or indirect support for feminism, and the agency that plans girl groups has also introduced girl crush and girl group that advocates feminist concepts. However, this move remains at the commercial level, and the girl group's utterance on feminism is becoming more cautious than before. As such, the situation facing girl groups in Korean society is very complicated, so girl groups are constantly repeating their attitude of conformity and rejection to the patriarchal society. When there is constant reflection and concern about feminism socially, girl groups will be able to add sincerity to their music.

Sacred Socialism

Sacred Socialism

ГЕГЕЛЬ КРИТИКУЕТ КАНТА (И ПРЕОДОЛЕВАЕТ ЕГО?)

The article considers the alleged – or actual – philosophical victory of Hegel’s absolute idealism over the subjective idealism and agnosticism of Kant. These great philosophers, who were at the same time great scientists, have three essential features in com-mon: they are idealists, rationalists, and dialecticians. However, they have many differences: in particular, Kant’s philosophy is closer to science, Hegel’s system is closer to religion; at the same time, Hegelian dialectics wins in consistency and completeness; Hegel portrayed the picture of the world historical and philosophical process much better, etc. In our time, Kantianism is more popular, which can be explained, first, by the influence of positivism and postmodernism as its cultural background, both based on Kant, and secondly, by the collapse of Marxism which was essentially founded by Hegelianism. Hegel’s philosophy is therefore in need of a new reappraisal and, in a certain sense, rehabilitation. The article touches upon the comparative evaluation of the laws of nature, the two-stage division of thinking and the consideration of the functions of experience by both classics.

Individuality and Convention in Kate Chopin’s The Awakening: A Hegelian Dialectic Approach

Individuality and Convention in Kate Chopin’s The Awakening: A Hegelian Dialectic Approach

Hegels Logik der Wirklichkeit und ihre Bedeutung für die praktische Philosophie

We observe that recently the topics of Hegel research refer more and more to his "real-philosophical" works and his lectures on the philosophy of law in order to attach questions of practical philosophy to them, for instance in relation to feminism, postcolonialism, Critical Race Theory, climate change, etcetera. In this essay, I do not want to participate in these debates in terms of content, but to show that the real relevance of Hegel for practical philosophy does not lie in cherry-picked quotations from the mentioned works, but in the deep analysis of the part of his main work in which he systematically develops the basic themes of practical philosophy: in the section on actuality (Wirklichkeit) in Science of Logic. Central topics such as freedom, subjectivity, power, violence, etc. are being discussed here and presented in their inner logic. Hegel himself referred to this part of his Logic in defense of his much criticized statement that the rational is actual and vice versa. I will therefore trace the line of argumentation of this important section and discuss from it some consequences for practical or political philosophy. In doing so, it will become apparent that some of the current disputes regarding Hegel's theoretical as well as political positions are rather classifications within the boundaries of "understanding" thinking (verständiges Denken), beyond which Hegel's dialectics has long since passed.

Deconstruction. Critical Interventions for the 21st Century and Beyond

This essay seeks to make a case for deconstruction as a kind of critical intervention for responding to and dealing with the opportunities and challenges of the 21st century and beyond. Toward this end, it proceeds in three steps or movements. (1) The first part will deconstruct deconstruction, deliberately employing what will be revealed as an inaccurate vernacular understanding of the term in order to extract a more precise and technical characterization of the concept. (2) The second part will investigate the constitutive elements of deconstruction, focusing attention on its two-step procedure, which has been deliberately designed to be a kind of distortion of Hegelian dialectics. (3) Finally, the third part will examine the opportunities and the challenges of the theory and practice of deconstruction indicating how and why it can be considered a critical intervention, albeit one that is not without its own potential problems and vulnerabilities.&#x0D; -------------------------&#x0D; Received: 29/10/2022. Reviewed: 13/12/2022. Accepted: 23/12/2022.

On the Understanding of the Unity of Organic and Inorganic Nature in Terms of Hegelian Dialectics

The understanding of nature and its motion through Hegelian dialectics brings the notion of the organism that is intertwined with its inorganic nature. This notion is crucial first and foremost to comprehend life in its wholeness, as becoming that is in constant movement. To attain this comprehension, it is necessary to treat beings as entities invariably determining each other in their reciprocal relatedness. In this way, it becomes possible to set both the organism and its environment free of their fixity and quiescence. Within the work, to derive this mode of reasoning, the sciences and the dialectics are asserted in their unity. The relationship between the organism and its inorganic nature is one of tension. The organism in its finitude is in opposition to its inorganic nature; it is compelled to act to sublate the latter’s independence, indifference, and exteriority for its self-preservation. This is called the melting of the non-organic into fluidity that renders the organism infinite. The relationship, as tension, elicits the notion of freedom; it signifies that freedom is not merely a matter of free will, it rather pertains to the organism’s penetration into its exteriority, in which it can determine ever-changing goals for itself.