Critical Analysis of Views on History by G.W.F. Hegel
Abstract
For G.W.F. Hegel, history is the development of the spirit in time just as nature is the development of idea in space. Consciousness of idea is spirit. The synthesis of idea, nature, and development of consciousness is history. For this reason, history and idea are interrelated. This paper is an attempt to solve the problem why Hegel’s view on history is idealistic. It is because the Hegel’s view on history is based on idea. This paper seeks to understand Hegel’s idealistic view on history.