Dialectical necessity inscribes lack into divine potentiality, producing a consuming God.

Evidence

To conceive of God as absolutely present to thought should logically lead to the conclusion of his infinite goodness. Nonetheless, it would seem impossible to imagine generosity without the presence of an originary plenitude. And is it not the case that dialectical necessity will inscribe ‘lack’ in the divine potentiality, thus depriving it of all power to give? Hegel’s God would, on this account, be jealous not in the sense that He wishes to protect the exclusive nature of his power over against humanity, but in the sense that the logical economy of the concept would adapt itself to an economy of need, a need to which the emptiness of kenosis can be assimilated. What would be the meaning of such an emptiness, such an avidity, if not the desire to possess, hence jealousy? The God who reveals Himself, as Hegel conceives Him, must, in order to avoid speculative ‘envy’, be no less dialectically consuming (dévorateur). — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 688

Categorization

• XREF: Directly feeds the reader’s core task: plasticity as the economy of need — form generated from originary emptiness. — connects to: Dialectical necessity inscribes lack in divine potentiality, converting gift into consuming need — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 688; A God bound by dialectical necessity is stripped of the freedom to give.; The concept of a needy God is internally contradictory — Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb (eds.), Beauvoir and Sartre: The Riddle of…, 180 (+6 more)
• SEED: Article angle: the dialectic of lack — how generative systems from Hegel’s God to neural reorganization run on originary emptiness rather than plenitude.

Broader Connections

• Dialectical necessity inscribes lack in divine potentiality, converting gift into consuming need #corroborates (0.97) — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 688
• God’s revelation originates from lack and necessity, not abundance or love. #corroborates (0.85)
• For God to create, God must suffer lack rather than be superabundant #corroborates (0.85) — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 682
• A God bound by dialectical necessity is stripped of the freedom to give. #expands (0.82)
• The concept of a needy God is internally contradictory #contradicts (0.80) — Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb (eds.), Beauvoir and Sartre, 180
• Causes require nihilation and transcendence toward a not-yet-existing potentiality #expands (0.72) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 1089
• The possible is a lack constitutive of consciousness itself #expands (0.72) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 385
• Dialectical theology rejected liberal Protestantism by insisting on humanity’s incompatibility with God #complicates (0.72) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 400
• Dialectical theology held faith as risk with humanity and God incompatibly opposed #complicates (0.70) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 400