Abstract

AUTINO, Gloria; LUTEREAU, Luciano; FALCONE, Rosa  and  KRIPPER, Agustín. The object of anguish: Husserl, Heidegger, Lacan. An approach through phenomenology and psychoanalysis. Anu. investig. [online]. 2010, vol.17, pp.267-274. ISSN 1851-1686.

The aim of this paper is to elucidate the character of anguish as an objectifying act. Anguish considered as a mode of affection referred to an object is a subject of traditional research in psychoanalysis and phenomenology. We intend to demonstrate three hypotheses: a) reading the Fifth of Husserl's Logical Investigations (1900-1) reveals that all non-objectifying intentional acts need an objectifying act from which to obtain its reference object; b) anguish as an objectless affection is the result of a common construal of Heidegger's statements in What is metaphysic? (1949), while a more careful reading reveals an unnoticed aspect regarding the problem of the object of anguish; c) the husserlian necessity of an object in non-objectifying acts, to which anguish belongs, corresponds with the need of an object highlighted by Lacan in the Seminar X (1962-3) with regard to the object a.

Keywords : Anguish; Objectifying act; Non-objectifying act; Husserl; Heidegger; Lacan.

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