Hegel’s God can present itself yet never truly happen

Evidence

From the emptiness of its first conception to the closure of its syllogistic conclusion, the Hegelian God may make himself present without ever happening. — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 755

Categorization

• XREF: The charge that presence without ‘happening’ forecloses futurity connects directly to the book’s opening question of whether plasticity grants the Hegelian future; also resonates with the contemporary ‘theological turn’ critiques of onto-theology. — connects to: Hegel’s God of absolute presence requires an original passivity foreshadowed by Origen — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 645; For Hegel the death of God lodges negation within God’s own being — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 154; Hegel inscribes time, not lack, within God by identifying God with transcendental imagination (+1 more)
• SEED: An essay angle: whether a God (or a self) who is fully present but never ‘happens’ preserves or destroys hope — a test case for the livability of speculative closure.

Broader Connections

• For Hegel the death of God lodges negation within God’s own being #corroborates (0.85) — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 154
• Hegel inscribes time, not lack, within God by identifying God with transcendental imagination #corroborates (0.80)