Hegel talks to us, yes us.

“In college, when I studied Hegel, I was struck by his explanation of the use of death by the state. Hegel argued that death is used as a threat to keep citizens in line. The minute you stop fearing death you are no longer controlled by governments and councils. In a sense you are no longer accountable to life. The relationships embedded between the “I” and the “we” unhinge and lose all sense of responsibility. That “you,” functioning as other, now exists beyond our notions of civil and social space.”

 

Claudia Rankine, Don’t Let Me Be Lonely

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