Plasticity means the subject’s non-impassivity, a structure of anticipation and temporalization

Evidence

Whether the issue is the idea of kenosis, or the interpretation of the Aristotelian Prime Mover, one and the same project is preoccupying Hegel, that of plasticity, or, to put it another way, the ‘non-impassivity’ of the subject. The philosopher’s insistence on the unity of πσειν and νεργε!ν in Aristotle, just like his analysis of the movement of Entäußerung in the case of the God of Revelation, turns on the same project: how to characterize the subject as a structure of anticipation, and, by the same token, a structure of temporalization. — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 918

Categorization

• DEFINE: Core definitional move: plasticity = non-impassivity = structure of anticipation/temporalization, unifying kenosis and the Prime Mover.
• XREF: Directly the theoretical root of her brain work — plasticity as anticipation/temporalization rather than passive receptivity is what she’d bridge to neuroplasticity. — connects to: Plasticity enables authentic temporality’s characteristics to be conceived — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 1274
• QUESTION: Worth chasing: how does ‘non-impassivity’ translate to a brain-readiness (not just response) — i.e., plasticity as anticipatory structure, not merely modifiability after the fact?

Broader Connections

• Plasticity enables authentic temporality’s characteristics to be conceived #expands (0.85) — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 1274