Questions for discussion and revision

Summary

one Introducing Hegelianism idealism

1. What does Hegel mean by “phenomenology”?

2. Is Hegel's notion of “spirit” another term for “consciousness”? If not, how and why does it differ?

3. Describe the basic movements in Hegel's account of the master/slave relationship.

4. What does Hegel mean by the “unhappy consciousness”? Why is it “unhappy”?

5. What, according to Hegel's account, is the relationship between the basic categories of “Being” and “Nothing”?

6. Is history a rational process in Hegel's view? If so, in what way “rational”?

7. What does Hegel mean by “civil society”? How is it related to the political state?

8. What was the relationship between the views of the British idealists and the emergence of analytic philosophy?

two Adventures in Hegelianism

1. What was the basic difference between the “Left” and “Right” Hegelians? Why did they emerge as two opposing Hegelian schools?

2. What did the “Right Hegelians” think was the proper relationship between religion and philosophy? How did this compare with the “Left Hegelian” view?

3. Outline Feuerbach's basic criticism of religion. Do you agree with his critique?

4. Describe the two aspects of Kierkegaard's existentialist critique of Hegel.

5. What did Kierkegaard advocate as an alternative to Hegelian thought?

6. What was Marx's view on the significance of Hegel's “dialectical method”?

7. Discuss what Marx meant by the “proletariat”. What was its political significance?

8. Describe the four aspects of “alienation”, according to Marx.

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