A Spectacle Is Haunting Europe

Nan Goldin

— Friedrich Nietzsche, The Antichrist

【Ｂｅｓｉｄｅｓ，　ｉｔ　ｉｓ　ｎｏｔ　ｄｉｆｆｉｃｕｌｔ　ｔｏ　ｓｅｅ　ｔｈａｔ　ｏｕｒｓ　ｉｓ　ａ　ｂｉｒｔｈ－ｔｉｍｅ　ａｎｄ　ａ　ｐｅｒｉｏｄ　ｏｆ　ｔｒａｎｓｉｔｉｏｎ　ｔｏ　ａ　ｎｅｗ　ｅｒａ．　Ｓｐｉｒｉｔ　ｈａｓ　ｂｒｏｋｅｎ　ｗｉｔｈ　ｔｈｅ　ｗｏｒｌｄ　ｉｔ　ｈａｓ　ｈｉｔｈｅｒｔｏ　ｉｎｈａｂｉｔｅｄ　ａｎｄ　ｉｍａｇｉｎｅｄ，　ａｎｄ　ｉｓ　ｏｆ　ａ　ｍｉｎｄ　ｔｏ　ｓｕｂｍｅｒｇｅ　ｉｔ　ｉｎ　ｔｈｅ　ｐａｓｔ，　ａｎｄ　ｉｎ　ｔｈｅ　ｌａｂｏｕｒ　ｏｆ　ｉｔｓ　ｏｗｎ　ｔｒａｎｓｆｏｒｍａｔｉｏｎ．　Ｓｐｉｒｉｔ　ｉｓ　ｉｎｄｅｅｄ　ｎｅｖｅｒ　ａｔ　ｒｅｓｔ　ｂｕｔ　ａｌｗａｙｓ　ｅｎｇａｇｅｄ　ｉｎ　ｍｏｖｉｎｇ　ｆｏｒｗａｒｄ．　Ｂｕｔ　ｊｕｓｔ　ａｓ　ｔｈｅ　ｆｉｒｓｔ　ｂｒｅａｔｈ　ｄｒａｗｎ　ｂｙ　ａ　ｃｈｉｌｄ　ａｆｔｅｒ　ｉｔｓ　ｌｏｎｇ，　ｑｕｉｅｔ　ｎｏｕｒｉｓｈｍｅｎｔ　ｂｒｅａｋｓ　ｔｈｅ　ｇｒａｄｕａｌｎｅｓｓ　ｏｆ　ｍｅｒｅｌｙ　ｑｕａｎｔｉｔａｔｉｖｅ　ｇｒｏｗｔｈ　－　ｔｈｅｒｅ　ｉｓ　ａ　ｑｕａｌｉｔａｔｉｖｅ　ｌｅａｐ，　ａｎｄ　ｔｈｅ　ｃｈｉｌｄ　ｉｓ　ｂｏｒｎ　－　ｓｏ　ｌｉｋｅｗｉｓｅ　ｔｈｅ　Ｓｐｉｒｉｔ　ｉｎ　ｉｔｓ　ｆｏｒｍａｔｉｏｎ　ｍａｔｕｒｅｓ　ｓｌｏｗｌｙ　ａｎｄ　ｑｕｉｅｔｌｙ　ｉｎｔｏ　ｉｔｓ　ｎｅｗ　ｓｈａｐｅ，　ｄｉｓｓｏｌｖｉｎｇ　ｂｉｔ　ｂｙ　ｂｉｔ　ｔｈｅ　ｓｔｒｕｃｔｕｒｅ　ｏｆ　ｉｔｓ　ｐｒｅｖｉｏｕｓ　ｗｏｒｌｄ，　ｗｈｏｓｅ　ｔｏｔｔｅｒｉｎｇ　ｓｔａｔｅ　ｉｓ　ｏｎｌｙ　ｈｉｎｔｅｄ　ａｔ　ｂｙ　ｉｓｏｌａｔｅｄ　ｓｙｍｐｔｏｍｓ．　Ｔｈｅ　ｆｒｉｖｏｌｉｔｙ　ａｎｄ　ｂｏｒｅｄｏｍ　ｗｈｉｃｈ　ｕｎｓｅｔｔｌｅ　ｔｈｅ　ｅｓｔａｂｌｉｓｈｅｄ　ｏｒｄｅｒ，　ｔｈｅ　ｖａｇｕｅ　ｆｏｒｅｂｏｄｉｎｇ　ｏｆ　ｓｏｍｅｔｈｉｎｇ　ｕｎｋｎｏｗｎ，　ｔｈｅｓｅ　ａｒｅ　ｔｈｅ　ｈｅｒａｌｄｓ　ｏｆ　ａｐｐｒｏａｃｈｉｎｇ　ｃｈａｎｇｅ．　Ｔｈｅ　ｇｒａｄｕａｌ　ｃｒｕｍｂｌｉｎｇ　ｔｈａｔ　ｌｅｆｔ　ｕｎａｌｔｅｒｅｄ　ｔｈｅ　ｆａｃｅ　ｏｆ　ｔｈｅ　ｗｈｏｌｅ　ｉｓ　ｃｕｔ　ｓｈｏｒｔ　ｂｙ　ａ　ｓｕｎｂｕｒｓｔ　ｗｈｉｃｈ，　ｉｎ　ｏｎｅ　ｆｌａｓｈ，　ｉｌｌｕｍｉｎａｔｅｓ　ｔｈｅ　ｆｅａｔｕｒｅｓ　ｏｆ　ｔｈｅ　ｎｅｗ　ｗｏｒｌｄ．】ＨΞＧΞＬ

— Guy Debord

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The many faces of Hegel’s dialectic.  Here are five different ways to visualize Hegel’s famous formula.

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