SOC201H1 Lecture : SOC201H1-Nov 21, Week 10
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Nov 21st the elementary forms of religion life 11/22/2011 10:27:00 am. Previously trained as a theologian and lied in a highly religious society. Germany was also a conservative society, removed from development such as rise of industrial capitalism in england and french revolution. Hegel idealized the french revolution, watched it unfold from a distance, being afraid at the upheaval. Joining reason with god was a way of dealing with the tension of the promise of enlightenment and liberation and the turmoil that might arise if the lower classes in. Germany rose up in the way they did in france. If we know a bit about his biography/historical circumstances, we can understand why he might come to this reconcile: for hegel, history represent the unfolding of different ideas. Feuerbach disagreed with hegel, proposed the idea that god was a fiction which the best characteristics of human could be reflected upon.
