No interpreter has applied aufheben’s own twofold sense to the act of translating aufheben

Evidence

But – and this in our opinion is the most important question – why has no translator or interpreter of Hegel dreamt of applying to the terms aufheben and Aufhebung the very meanings for which they stand? — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 1003

Categorization

  • STORYSTEM: A witty, generative move: applying a term’s own meaning to its translation — the translator who sublates the word sublation. Possible fiction scene: a scholar whose act of translating two opposed words into each other literally erases-and-preserves a discipline.
  • SEED: Essay angle: ‘the self-applicating concept’ — philosophers who live out the term they analyze; Malabou’s own plasticity as self-illustrating concept.