Master Slave Dialectic Summary

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Revised Lead Essay #1 Hegel’s myth, or “Master-slave dialectic” notions that the fear of losing one’s identity results in a domination over another. This occurs when a being feels the need to be firmly secure within a societal position. In our group we agreed, riots or protest today occur when one obtains an unwanted societal position deemed by another class, or “master.” Unfortunately, the African-American community has been restricted of rights and free speech throughout history. Currently, this can be seen today with the black-lives-matter movement, and various other protests which are repeatedly reported in the media. Thus, it is logical to believe there are still current master and slave relationships, where people are bounded by oppression—physically or metaphysically. In Hegel’s “Master-Slave Dialectic,” true self identity is possessed once dependency is situated on another being. He says, “true self-consciousness is recognition when one understands their unwanted position” (Wikipedia). In our group, we discussed how this co-dependency thrives from the submission of a lower self, and the powerful leadership of a master. …show more content…

Even though they believed all men were created free and equal, they still owned slaves and viewed them as property. Hegel presents an idea that not only were the slaves dependent upon their masters, but the masters were somewhat dependent upon their slaves—the economy heavily relied on their slave’s work. Slavery has been seen as a physical control, but we agreed, it can also be viewed as a metaphysical dehumanizing experience for slaves, who were viewed as property; and also a metaphysical control for masters who were bounded to their slave’s

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