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After a brief exploration of Hegel's writing on the formation of self-consciousness, including the place of religiosity in this formation, the article examines Kojeve's response to a Hegelian homo religiosus, followed by a counter-response to Kojeve's atheism through a peculiar, Jaspersian reading of Erich Fromm's discussion of the “x” experience. Finally, it will be argued that the desire for mutual recognition, and humanity's yearning for transcendence, are essential experiences in the formation of self-consciousness.
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DuBose, T. Lordship, Bondage, and the Formation of Homo Religiosus. Journal of Religion and Health 39, 217–226 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010306523093
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