14 min

Hegel and How the History of Consciousness Drives Historical Progress On The Very Idea - A Philosophy Podcast

    • Philosophy

In this first episode of a two part instalment, I look at Peter Singer’s small guidebook on George Friedrich Wilhelm Hegel and explore the meaning behind Hegel's claim that the history of consciousness drives history in general. According to Hegel, we can measure real historical process and I look at what this idea entails. Hegel is difficult but Singer makes him easier.

In this first episode of a two part instalment, I look at Peter Singer’s small guidebook on George Friedrich Wilhelm Hegel and explore the meaning behind Hegel's claim that the history of consciousness drives history in general. According to Hegel, we can measure real historical process and I look at what this idea entails. Hegel is difficult but Singer makes him easier.

14 min