Hegel: the first cultural- historical Psychologist A 30 minute talk by Andy Blunden for the Laboratory for Comparative Human Cognition, December Press button to start the talk
Hegel’s concern was how Germany could modernise and give its people freedom
Hegel introduced the Cultural-Historical Subject DescartesHumeKantFichte
Consciousness arises in Gap between Needs and their Satisfaction Intuition and Concept Labour
Activity with artefacts reproduces the universals apprehended in consciousness
History is driven by vulnerability to Immanent Critique Relation of the individual to the universal (the whole society)
The Logic spells out the inner dynamics of a Gestalt BeingEssenceNotion
The structure of the Subject is: Individual, Universal & Particular
Hegel’s Logical presentation implies an Ontology of Spirit Individual psyche Collaborative activity/institution Material culture/ideals
Despite all this, Hegel’s antiquity entailed certain limitations
Hegel still offers the best concept of “Extended Mind” Hegel did not have a dichotomy between the individual and society But Hegel was an Idealist!!