Gratitude as Indignation: Interpreting the Libido Structure in Hegel's Analysis of Wealth

Abstract

This paper selects a section from the "Alienated Spirit" chapter of Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit to examine the libidinal structure manifested in the evolution of "wealth" as a spiritual essence within Hegel's system. The interpretation demonstrates that, in the "Cultural formation" world, the consciousness's relation to wealth undergoes a transformationfrom acceptance and gratitude to rejection and
indignationculminating in the emergence of absolutely divided consciousness. From the perspective of psychoanalysis, this process can be
presented more clearly and directly. Psychoanalysis emphasizes the determining role of emotional structures in the phenomena of consciousness, revealing that the contradictions and divisions of consciousness originate from the contradictions and divisions inherent in the libidinal
structure itselfmost directly embodied in the fact that gratitude and indignation, though appearing as opposing emotional expressions, are in
essence completely identical.