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HEGEL:. “MASTER” OF THE DIALECTICAL PROCESS. THE DIALECTICAL PROCESS:. ANY IDEA OR PROBLEM GIVES RISE TO AN OPPONENT. DUE TO THE RISE OF THE OPPONENT, THERE IS A CONFLICT. A PRODUCT OF THE CONFLICT IS A NEW IDEA OR “SOLUTION”WHICH IS THE SYNTHESIS.
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HEGEL: “MASTER” OF THE DIALECTICAL PROCESS
THE DIALECTICAL PROCESS: • ANY IDEA OR PROBLEM GIVES RISE TO AN OPPONENT. • DUE TO THE RISE OF THE OPPONENT, THERE IS A CONFLICT. • A PRODUCT OF THE CONFLICT IS A NEW IDEA OR “SOLUTION”WHICH IS THE SYNTHESIS. • THE SYNTHESIS IS A HIGHER LEVEL “TRUTH” THAN EACH OF THE FIRST TWO WERE ON THEIR OWN. THIS IS KNOWN AS GEIST.
ESSENTIAL IDEAS: • CHANGE IS THE RESULT OF CONFLICTING FORCES THAT WORK THEIR WAY OUT TO A RESOLUTION, WHICH WILL THEN CONTAIN NEW CONFLICTS. • IDEALLY, THE PROCESS OF CHANGE DEVELOPS UNTIL A CONFLICT-FREE SITUATION EMERGES. • IN TERMS OF SOCIETY, THIS “IDEAL” WOULD BE WHEN EVERY INDIVIDUAL IS A HARMONIOUSLY FUNCTIONING PART OF THE WHOLE. • IN REALITY, CONFLICT THAT CAUSES CHANGE IS ALWAYS PRESENT.
ESSENTIAL IDEAS: • IF CONFLICT CONTINUES, ALIENATION WILL PROVIDE THE MOTIVATION FOR CHANGE. • ANALYZING THE HISTORICAL PROCESS IS A KEY TO ACHIEVING AN IDEAL SOCIETY. • MAN, HOWEVER, CONTINUES TO MAKE LAWS AND RULES THAT ALIENATE HIM.