Dialectical thinking is thought to the second power inscribed in the sentence itself

Evidence

For insofar as dialectical thinking is thought about thought, thought to the second power, concrete thought about an object, which at the same time remains aware of its own intellectual operations in the very act of thinking, such self-consciousness must be inscribed in the very sentence itself. And insofar as dialectical thinking characteristically involves a conjunction of opposites or at least conceptually disparate phenomena, it may truly be said of the dialectical sentence what the Surrealists said about the image, namely, that its strength increases proportionately as the realities linked are distant and distinct from each other. — Fredric Jameson, Marxism and Form, 115

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines ‘thought to the second power’ as the self-conscious core of dialectical method, linked to the Surrealist image.
• XREF: Connects directly to Adorno’s own assertion that stylistic density is deliberate intransigence (ch4 earlier), and to the Jameson chapter’s opening paradox about presenting an author who insists on difficulty. — connects to: Adorno’s dense style is a deliberate intransigence against cheap readability — Fredric Jameson, Marxism and Form, 18; An initial shocking transcendence is constitutive of all dialectical thinking; The dialectical pun links each formal concept to its originating historical reality — Fredric Jameson, Marxism and Form, 679 (+6 more)
• recurring: this claim recurs 4 times within its source

Broader Connections

• Dialectical thought is essentially the elaboration of dialectical sentences #expands (0.85) — Fredric Jameson, Marxism and Form, 16
• Dialectical thought is self-reflexive thinking about thinking, unlike scientific objectivity #expands (0.82) — Fredric Jameson, Marxism and Form, 103
• Dialectical style requires self-awareness inscribed in the sentence #corroborates (0.80)
• For Adorno, dialectical thinking requires self-consciousness be inscribed in the sentence structure itself #corroborates (0.78) — Fredric Jameson, Marxism and Form, 115
• Philosophical propositions dialectically preserve, suppress, and present their cancelled form #expands (0.75)