PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF A DIALECTICAL ANALYSIS AS A RESEARCH METHODOLOGY: TRANSFORMATION OF THE SELF IN HEGEL'S DIALECTIC

摘要

If Hegel's Dialectic is to be the subject of a research methodology then it is critical to understand what Hegelrnmeant by his Dialectic. Insofar as Hegel articulates his Dialectic superficially as thesis, antithesis and synthesisrnhe had a much broader and urgent viewing in mind. The thesis, antithesis and synthesis functions as the surfacernlevel of the deeper process under which the self is transformed. Once this is understood then Hegel's Dialecticrncan contribute as a research methodology in a profoundly more penetrating way.