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The Lectures on the Philosophy of History connect historical development with freedom. The reading confronts their exclusion of Africa and questions the idea of necessary progress.
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Guided course · Module 10 · Lesson 57
Can freedom have a history?
Hegel argues that freedom needs recognition and shared institutions, and that history advances toward freedom. The lesson examines those arguments and confronts the exclusions in his account of history.