Duch duchem stržený. Pozornost k sobě i k druhým

Abstract

In the article, I focus on the pivotal points of Thomas Oehl’s book, Die Aktivität der Wahrnehmung und die Metaphysik des Geistes. Eine aktualisierende Lektüre von Hegels Philosophie des Geistes. I pay special attention to the author’s determinations in regards to contemporary analytical interpretations of Hegel’s philosophy, which have gained widespread attention, including in the Czech Republic. I read Oehl’s basic idea, according to which perception is an active performance grounded in the capacity for negativity and not a passive, natural process, against the background of the related insights of Simone Weil. I principally focus on the connection between attention and the possibility of breaking free from natural causality and social context.

Keywords

• perception
• attention
• negativity
• negativism
• g. w. f. hegel
• simone weil