POL 315 MODULE 1
UNIT 3
LAW OF NEGATION OF NEGATION
CONTENTS
1.0 Introduction
2.0 Objectives
3.0 Main Content
3.1 Law of Negation of Negation
4.0 Conclusion
5.0 Summary
6.0 Tutor-Marked Assignment
7.0 References/Further Reading
1.0 INTRODUCTION
The law of negation of negation states that an object is always negating
itself and in the process producing a higher form of a new object, hence
the Hegelian trinity of (thesis- anti-thesis= synthesis). An object in
aligning with an opposite object produces an entirely new object. A
husband conjugates with the wife to produce a baby. That baby takes the
features (both physical and internal) from both parents. The bourgeoisie
and proletariat- when locked in a struggle trigger a contradiction that
leads to the production of a new society.
2.0 OBJECTIVES
At the end of this unit, you should be able to:
• discuss how negation of negation engenders a dynamic process
• explain how negation of negation is the heart and soul of progress
both in nature and society
• illustrate how negation of negation ensures continuity.
3.0 MAIN CONTENT
3.1 Law of Negation of Negation
Whatever natural phenomenon we care to take, it has a beginning, a
period during which it develops, grows and finally a period when it
grows old and out lives itself. Nothing is finite, absolute, and sacred.
Everything bears the stamp of inevitable negation -disappearance etc.
The continuous process of renewal, the dying away of old phenomena
and the emergence of new ones is what we mean by negation. The
replacing of the old by the new one means that the old is continually
being negated. The new phenomena that appear in nature and society
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