God’s inner negativity is the passivity of time itself, hence plasticity

Evidence

Consequently, God’s inner negativity can no longer be interpreted as ‘passivity’, unless we are to understand by this passivity the passivity of time itself. But since the passivity of time also is a gift of form, plasticity is demonstrably the right word. Invoking this name brings into play the future of God – God as the one ‘who sees (himself) coming’. — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 825

Categorization

• DEFINE: Culminating definition: divine negativity = passivity of time = gift of form = plasticity. The synthetic payoff of the entire chapter.
• DEEPTHINKING: This is the conceptual core — recasting God’s negativity as the patience and giving of time itself, unifying kenosis, temporality, and plasticity into one figure.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 825
• XREF: connects to: Divine negativity manifests plasticity, not lack or passivity — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 759; Plasticity is suppleness that is neither passion nor passivity — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 290; Time is only a formal determination displaceable by plasticity — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 105 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Plasticity is suppleness that is neither passion nor passivity #contradicts (0.82) — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 290
• Time is only a formal determination displaceable by plasticity #expands (0.75) — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 105