Anatomy of a Conditionally Unresolved Conflict
By Gilad Atzmon • May 8th, 2008 • Category: Analysis, Gilad Atzmon, Gilad's Choice, Israel, Our Authors, Religion, ZionismAccording to Hegel, attaining ’self-consciousness’ is a process that necessarily involves the other. How am I to become conscious of myself in general? It is simply through desire or anger, for example. Unlike animals that overcome biological needs by destroying another organic entity, human desire is a desire for recognition.
In Hegelian terms, recognition is accomplished [...]
