What does Hegel mean by 'recognition' (Annerkenung)? What role does this notion play in the master/slave dialectic? In this essay I will begin by putting the dialectic into context. I will then discuss the various interpretations on the dialectic in order to try to understand what Hegel was trying to say. It is in the development of the understanding of the dialectic that meaning and significance of recognition becomes clear. This problem is essentially …showed first 75 words of 3556 total…

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