Destructive plasticity creates new identity precisely through annihilation of the old

Evidence

A first objection takes issue with the hypothesis of destructive plasticity and threatens to undermine its validity. Such plasticity, I have argued, has the power to form identity through destruction—thus making possible the emergence of a psyche that has vacated itself, its past, and its “precedents.” In this sense, such plasticity has the power of creation ex nihilo, since it begins with the annihilation of an initial identity. — Catherine Malabou, The New Wounded, 1495

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines ‘destructive plasticity’ as creation ex nihilo through annihilation of prior identity.
• XREF: connects to: Destructive plasticity forms identity through deconstitution, not preservation — Catherine Malabou, The New Wounded: From Neurosis to Brain…, 202; Brain plasticity includes a capacity to destroy form, not only create it; Plasticity spans both the creation and the explosive annihilation of form. — Catherine Malabou, What Should We Do with Our Brain?, 231 (+9 more)

Broader Connections

• Plasticity spans both the creation and the explosive annihilation of form. #corroborates (0.93) — Catherine Malabou, What Should We Do with Our Brain?, 231
• Brain plasticity includes a capacity to destroy form, not only create it #expands (0.92)
• Plasticity is ontological combustion that both births and annihilates presence #corroborates (0.92) — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 1254
• Plasticity names the dialectical union of form-seizure and form-annihilation. #corroborates (0.90) — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 247
• Plasticity means formative change through rupture, not smooth continuous adaptation #expands (0.80) — Catherine Malabou, What Should We Do with Our Brain?, 258
• Plasticity names the negativity that is time’s gift of form #corroborates (0.75) — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 169