"Living in the Interregnum": Hegelian Reflections on the "Dynamic Universal"

The essay uses the second moment of Hegel’s “absolute method,” namely, the moment of the advancing action, in order to shed light on the constitution of the dynamic universal in society, politics, and history through the moment of stasis or crisis. In the action that advances or in the middle moment...

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Published in:Philosophy today (Celina) 2017-09, Vol.61 (4), p.817-832
Main Author: Nuzzo, Angelica
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Black Power movement
Catholic Tradition
Classical literature
Contemporary Philosophy
Continental Philosophy
Dialectics
Gordimer, Nadine (1923-2014)
Gramsci, Antonio (1891-1937)
Greek literature
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich (1770-1831)
Jewish literature
Logic
Modernism
Politics
Social change
South African literature
Thucydides (471-400 BC)
Universalism
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Summary:The essay uses the second moment of Hegel’s “absolute method,” namely, the moment of the advancing action, in order to shed light on the constitution of the dynamic universal in society, politics, and history through the moment of stasis or crisis. In the action that advances or in the middle moment of the method lies the “crisis” of the unfolding process. Dialectically, action advances by stalling and imploding but also by emerging from this frozen state, moving on from it. I indicate the moment of crisis-stasis as the predicament of “living in the interregnum” and examine it by appealing to Thucydides, Gramsci, and Gordimer.
ISSN:0031-8256
2329-8596
DOI:10.5840/philtoday20171212182