Question

Explain Hegel's dialectic and how it was carried over into Marxism.

Answer 1

Hegel's dialectics refers to the particular dialectical method of argument employed by the 19th century German philospher, G W F Hegel, which like other dialecticalmethods relies on a contradictory process between opposing sides.Whereas Plato's "opposing sides" were people, however what the "oppossing sides" are in the Hegel's work depend on the subject matter he discusses.In his work on logic,for instances , the "opposing sides'' are different definitions of logical concept thar are oppossed to one another.

Marxism or Marxist dialectic is a form of Hegelian dialectic which applies to the study of historic materialism. It purports to be a reflection of the real world vcreated by man. Dialectic would thus be a robust method one would examine personal, social and economic behaviour. Marxist dialectics is the core foundation of the philosophy of dialectic masterialism, which forms the basis of the ideas behind historical materialism.

In contadiction to Hegelian idealism, Marx presented his own dialectism, which he claims direct opposite of Hegel's method:

Marx dialectics emphasize on the primacy of material way of life. While Hegel emphazised the life process of the human brain.