Representation distorts the concept by temporalizing and spatializing its logical moments

Evidence

Representation, thus, first appears as a process which temporalizes the conceptual content. The concept’s logical moments would appear as chronological moments. Such a linear temporalization is echoed by a movement of spatialization. Indeed, representation separates (trennt) the speculative moments by juxtaposing them to each other, by solidifying the elements which form the living whole of the concept endowing them with an autonomous existence. Hegel defines these moments, now placed side by side, as ‘spheres (Sphären)’: ‘In this act of separating, the form parts from the content: and in the form the different functions of the concept part off into separate spheres, in each of which the absolute spirit exposes itself.’ — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 661

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines representation’s cognitive role as temporalizing and spatializing the concept’s logical moments into separate spheres.
• XREF: connects to: Representational thought fragments the notion into separate successive events — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 660; Religious representation distorts the concept by temporalizing and spatializing it — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 661; Time-space compression from flexible accumulation generates a crisis of representation in cultural forms — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity: An…, 2035 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Religious representation distorts the concept by temporalizing and spatializing it #expands (0.98) — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 661
• Representations are purposeful deformations operating within specific historical settings #expands (0.80) — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 697
• Time-space compression from flexible accumulation generates a crisis of representation in cultural forms #complicates (0.75) — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity, 2035
• Shifts in spatial and temporal representation drive shifts in social relations #complicates (0.72) — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity, 1584
• Interiorization of natural time transforms mere sequence into subjective synthetic unity #complicates (0.72) — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 392