![]() The revelation of consciousness in the self-formative process in human history takes place in two different ways. “Time appears as Spirit’s destiny and necessity, where Spirit is not yet complete within itself.” This concept of time is central to Hegel’s philosophy and explicit references to this concept of time are found in the Phenomenology, for example Hegel states that, Temporality of consciousness is qualitative and comprises of unbreakable and unrepeatable moments in which each new moment is richer in content than those antecedent to it. Temporality determines the stream of “World-Spirit” or ‘Consciousness’ and by contrast, mathematical time deals with quantity and lifeless reality. In pursuing this, we need to make a distinction between temporality of consciousness and mathematical time of Being. To begin with I prefer to discuss the concept of ‘Time’ in Hegel’s philosophy, which provides a clue in understanding of the nature and structure of ‘Consciousness’. This paper is concerned with this impossible possibility of recognition and argues that at the end of the dialectical process of master-slave relationship the recognition of the master by the slave is jeopardised. But the complication, which arises here is that since recognition is reciprocal then it may render an impossible reality. Its application in the objective basis for social life and history opens a new horizon for understanding of the historicity of human existence. ‘ Recognition’ is what Hegel’s Phenomenology of Mind is mainly about. Hegel Summer School 2004 Master-Slave Relationship in Hegel’s Dialectic Master Slave Relationship in Hegel's Dialectic by Muhammad Kamal ![]()
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