A non-dialectical contradiction stays unresolved and without solution

Evidence

One of the reasons (there are more than one) which authorizes Malabou to treat these two analyses so rapidly, is that both lead to a contradiction, which in itself would not be surprising nor even worrisome, but, which is worse, both lead to a non-dialectical contradiction, that is a contradiction which remains ‘non-resolute’ and ‘without solution’. Hegel would pass in judgement before a dialectical tribunal for having sinned, in his thought of the future, against the dialectical itself! — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 98

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines what makes a contradiction properly dialectical — it must be resolved — by contrast with Koyré-Kojève’s ‘non-resolute’ reading of Hegel’s future-thought.
• XREF: connects to: Relations with the Other form a closed circle, never a progressing dialectic. — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 936; Kant’s reason holds utopia and calculation in unresolved contradiction; Contradictions in industrial society do not resolve themselves automatically — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the…, 877 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Character emerges from unresolved inner contradiction #exemplifies (0.85) — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 1156
• Difference does not necessarily imply hostility or fixed oppositional essences #expands (0.72) — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 879