By Hegel's account, the desire to be recognized as a huma n
being with dignity drove ma n at the beginning of history into a
bloody battle to the death for prestige. Th e outcome of this battle
was a division of huma n society into a class of masters, who were
willing to risk their lives, and a class of slaves, who gave in to their
natural fear of death. But the relationship of lordship an d bondage,
which took a wide variety of forms in all of the unequal,
aristocratic societies that have characterized the greater part of
huma n history, failed ultimately to satisfy the desire for recognition
of either the masters or the slaves. Th e slave, of course, was
not acknowledged as a huma n being in any way whatsoever. But
the recognition enjoyed by the master was deficient as well, because
he was not recognized by othe r masters, but slaves whose
humanity was as yet incomplete. Dissatisfaction with the flawed
recognition available in aristocratic societies constituted a "contradiction"
that engendere d further stages of history.
By Hegel's account, the desire to be recognized as a huma nbeing with dignity drove ma n at the beginning of history into abloody battle to the death for prestige. Th e outcome of this battlewas a division of huma n society into a class of masters, who werewilling to risk their lives, and a class of slaves, who gave in to theirnatural fear of death. But the relationship of lordship an d bondage,which took a wide variety of forms in all of the unequal,aristocratic societies that have characterized the greater part ofhuma n history, failed ultimately to satisfy the desire for recognitionof either the masters or the slaves. Th e slave, of course, wasnot acknowledged as a huma n being in any way whatsoever. Butthe recognition enjoyed by the master was deficient as well, becausehe was not recognized by othe r masters, but slaves whosehumanity was as yet incomplete. Dissatisfaction with the flawedrecognition available in aristocratic societies constituted a "contradiction"that engendere d further stages of history.
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