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Todd's Initial Dismissal of Critique of Dialectical Reason
- Todd McGowan initially dismissed Sartre's Critique of Dialectical Reason as "not very good."
- His friend, Paul Eisenstein, criticized this dismissiveness, leading Todd to reconsider the book's value.
Sartre's Misreading of Hegel
- Sartre misinterprets Hegel as a monist and teleological thinker, neglecting Hegel's concept of retroactive necessity.
- Sartre defines dialectic as a struggle between freedom and necessity, missing Hegel's point about freedom emerging from necessary contradictions.
Strikes as Counter-Violence
- Strikes are a reaction to the inherent violence within working conditions.
- However, they are perceived as the initial act of aggression due to structural violence.