Essays·Feb 19Desire and negativityHuman desire is desire for the other's desire. To be recognised is to be the object of another desire. That is why the struggle is inevitable: each self-consciousness wants to be the one who is recognised, not the one who recognises. Negativity is the refusal of the given.1 min read
Essays·Feb 19On the end of historyThe universal homogeneous state is the endpoint of the dialectic of recognition. Not as empirical prediction but as the concept of the political: when every desire for recognition is satisfied, history as struggle ceases. The "last man" is the one for whom there is nothing left to negate.1 min read