PREVIEW-Episode 36: More Hegel on Self-Consciousness
Summary: Part 2 of our discussion of G.F.W. Hegel's "Phenomenology of Spirit," covering sections 178-230 within section B, "Self-Consciousness." Part 1 is <a href="http://partiallyexaminedlife.com/2011/04/02/episode-35-hegel-on-self-consciousness-2/" target="_blank">here</a>.<br> This is a 32-minute preview of our vintage 1 hr, 32-minute episode which you can buy at <a href="http://partiallyexaminedlife.com/product/ep-36-hegel/" target="_blank">partiallyexaminedlife.com/store</a> or <a href="http://partiallyexaminedlife.com/2011/04/10/ep36-hegel-citizen/" target="_blank">get for free</a> with PEL Citizenship (see <a href="http://partiallyexaminedlife.com/membership" target="_blank">partiallyexaminedlife.com/membership</a>). You can also purchase the full episode in the <a target="_blank">iTunes Store</a>: Search for "Partially Hegel" and look under "Albums."<br> First, Hegel's famous "master and slave" parable, whereby we only become fully self-conscious by meeting up with another person, who (at least in primordial times, or maybe this happens to everyone as they grow up, or maybe this is all just happening in one person's head... who the hell knows given the wacky way Hegel talks)? Then the story leads into stoicism, skepticism, and the "unhappy consciousness" (i.e. Christianity). We are again joined by <a href="http://zuhanden.com" target="_blank">Tom McDonald</a>, though Wes is out sick. Wild speculation and disagreements of interpretation abound!<br> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0198245971?ie=UTF8&tag=theparexalif-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0198245971" target="_blank">Buy the peach translation by A.V. Miller</a>or read <a href="http://web.mac.com/titpaul/Site/Phenomenology_of_Spirit_page.html" target="_blank">this online translation by Terry Pinkard</a>.<br> End song: “I Die Desire,” by Mark Lint and the Fake from the album <a href="http://marklint.com/MLFalbum.html" target="_blank">So Whaddaya Think?</a> (2000).<br>
