Subjectivity is asymmetrically dependent on objectivity

Evidence

An object can be conceived only by a subject but always remains something other than the subject, whereas a subject by its very nature is from the outset an object as well. Not even as an idea can we conceive a subject that is not an object; but we can conceive an object that is not a subject. To be an object also is part of the meaning of subjectivity; but it is not equally part of the meaning of objectivity to be a subject. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2543

Categorization

• DEFINE: This is the precise formal statement of Adorno’s ‘predominance of the object’ thesis — the asymmetry claim that underlies all of Negative Dialectics.
• XREF: connects to: Pure subjectivity pushed to its limit flips into a new objectivity and total order; Subjectivity can fuse with objective form without blotting it out — Fredric Jameson, Marxism and Form, 96; Subjectivity and objectivity form a dialectical unity in knowledge — Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 83 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Pure subjectivity pushed to its limit flips into a new objectivity and total order #complicates (0.78)
• Subjectivity can fuse with objective form without blotting it out #qualifies (0.75) — Fredric Jameson, Marxism and Form, 96
• Subjectivity and objectivity form a dialectical unity in knowledge #qualifies (0.75) — Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 83
• The concept’s determinate form distinguishes subjective in-itself from submerged objectivity #expands (0.72)