SOCI 4390 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Mutual Assured Destruction, Young Hegelians, Right Hegelians
9 Jun 2016
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Social theory is based on scientific data/evidence; philosophy does not require evidence. German idealism- all of reality & turning it into a dichotomy. Reason comes first for an enlightenment thinker (set beginning of 18th century) Germany was the site where this started: anti-enlightenment thinkers. Part of a group influenced by buddhist philosophy. Left hegelians- for(cid:373) of hegel"s philosoph(cid:455) (cid:271)ut reje(cid:272)t the (cid:272)o(cid:374)te(cid:374)t. Kept the dialectic: right hegelians- kept (cid:272)o(cid:374)te(cid:374)t of hegel"s philosoph(cid:455) (cid:271)ut reje(cid:272)t the for(cid:373, the idea of history. Subject/object divide (cid:862)master/slave dialectic: hegel"s (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)ept of history is teleological (something that is inevitable) Calvin also has this w/ the notion of predestination. Free will is an illusion and everything is predetermined (cid:862)the idea(cid:863) The whole of everything, the totality of reality realized: realized- exists in some form of thought; something intangible/flexible. Always will change: actualized- phenomenal world; moving from idea to form; actual matter; material.
