Establishing the Field of ‘Historical Metaphysics,’ Making Plato Proud; On Communists and National Socialists in History…
This will be an ad hoc field unless taken up by systematic modelling. I can institute it. But it will do much better and perhaps in the CTMU Community this could be a special interest of theorization.
Establishing the Field of ‘Historical Metaphysics,’ Making Plato Proud; On Communists and National Socialists in History…
‘Historical Metaphysics’ is the study of metaphysics acting on, and inside of history. An “Overlay” which is embedded in History through characters/persons and institutes, also not neglecting ideologies…
It’s not a “history of metaphysics;” nor a “metaphysics of history” abstractly.
But rather a praxis of study wherein one views Metaphysics self-dually mapping itself out “concretely” as the language, metaphysic and ethic in overlay of historical systems/singularities: ‘institutions/governing-structures/systems, as well as “systems of thought/metaphysics” and ideologies and politics,’ finally terminating in ‘Characters/persons.’
This would all make Plato very proud. If his Republic were acted out, or rather utilized naturally by historians. Where metaphysics sheds light on the historical systems, ideologies/beliefs and institutions of human politics through the ages….
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