Subjectivity forms itself across plastic sites rather than pre-existing them

Evidence

Man, God, Philosopher, far from being subjects constituted in advance, turn out to be the sites where subjectivity forms itself. They are the plastic instances (instances plastiques) where the three great moments of self-determination – the Greek, the modern, and that of Absolute Knowledge – give themselves the ‘form’ of moments, in other words, where they create their own specific temporality. From this perspective, the notion of ‘step’ loses its evaluative content, and only signifies the break or interruption – the operation of breaking – in the self-formation of time itself. — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 289

Categorization

• DEFINE: Core definition: plastic instances are sites where subjectivity gives itself the form of moments, creating its own temporality.
• XREF: The ‘step loses evaluative content, becomes mere interruption’ move connects to Malabou’s brain plasticity project — time’s self-formation through breaks mirrors neural plasticity through rupture. — connects to: Destructive plasticity forms identity through deconstitution, not preservation — Catherine Malabou, The New Wounded: From Neurosis to Brain…, 202; Subjectivity is formed not by single moments but by accumulated historical sedimentation — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory: Nations, Classes, Literatures, 307; Subjectivity cannot reside in its own being but haunts itself — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 374 (+7 more)
• recurring: this claim recurs 2 times within its source

Broader Connections

• Plasticity names the unity of spontaneity and receptivity in giving and receiving form #expands (0.78)
• Technical systems shape subjectivity by functioning as discourse networks #exemplifies (0.78) — , The Braided Reading EPUB, 1224
• Subjectivity is formed not by single moments but by accumulated historical sedimentation #expands (0.75) — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory, 307
• Plasticity requires the dissolution of the thinking subject rather than its ratiocinative control #responds-to (0.75) — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 1249
• Subjectivity cannot reside in its own being but haunts itself #expands (0.72) — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 374
• Subject and object letting-go of fixed positions liberates previously imprisoned philosophical energy #complicates (0.72)
• Modern subjectivity is a constructed architectural effect, not a natural condition #exemplifies (0.72) — Timothy Mitchell, Colonising Egypt, 202