It's not a process, but this thing experiences aufhebung [OWF-heh-boonk] or "sublation," which drives a process of thesis-antithesis-synthesis called the dialectic.
The book that introduced this concept described reality as developing through this concept's "self-alienation." Art, religion, and philosophy arise from the Absolute version of this concept, which represents the reconciliation of its Subjective and Objective parts. This thing realizes its freedom through self-recognition in the process of "pure looking-at" and achieves its purpose through "world-historical figures" like Napoleon. This thing's activity drives (*) history according to the posthumous Lectures on the Philosophy of History. It's not a process, but this thing experiences aufhebung [OWF-heh-boonk] or "sublation," which drives a process of thesis-antithesis-synthesis called the dialectic. For 10 points, Geist is the German for what core concept from the philosophy of Hegel, whose most famous book is titled for the Phenomenology of [it]?
The book that introduced this concept described reality as developing through this concept's "self-alienation.
(Hegelian) spirit [or geist or Weltgeist until mentioned; accept World Spirit or Phenomenology of Spirit; prompt on God until "Absolute" is read; prompt on mind until "Phenomenology" and accept thereafter] 