Separating form from content frees each concept-function into autonomous spheres
Evidence
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
Category: Causal Relationships
- QUESTION: If each sphere lets absolute spirit expose itself autonomously, what stops a sphere’s autonomy from hardening into a self-enclosed enemy-figure — the fixed other against which the community defines itself? This bears directly on the MOC question of what tips receptivity into explosive redefinition.