From: glevy@PRATT.EDU
Date: Wed Oct 12 2005 - 08:04:43 EDT
---------------------------- Original Message ------------------------- Subject: Re: [OPE-L] [Andy Blunden] Smith's and Hegel's historical materialism From: "Andy Blunden" <ablunden@mira.net> Date: Wed, October 12, 2005 12:57 am ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Gerry, I think I should just mention the context in which this issue came up. As I recall, Chris Wright asked if anyone was making sense of the section of The Phenomenology on Unhappy Consciousness. I replied recommending reading it as to do, having in mind conquered subjects reconciling themselves to subordination within an alien people, despite the fact that it seems to be talking about a lot of very abstract categories of pure thought. My recollection is that Chris did not think that reading it that way was legitimate. So the reason for being interested in Hegel's "historical materialis"; (I remembered to put quotes this time), meaning the foundation of abstractions in social relations, is so you can understand what he's talking about ... not of course to decide whether he's a materialist or an idealist or whether it's all the work of spirit for him. If my memory of the context errs in some way I plead for forgiveness. Andy Andy Blunden http://home.mira.net/~andy/index.htm (61) 3 9380 9435
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