The Erotic Conception of Subjectivity in the Phenomenology of Spirit
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https://doi.org/10.5944/endoxa.45.2020.23010Keywords:
Phenomenology of Spirit, desire (Begierde), erotic self-consciousness, enjoyment (Genuß), work (Arbeit).Abstract
The present paper studies the erotic conception of subjectivity in the
Phenomenology of Spirit (1807) of Hegel. The theses that we try to prove are two. The first is that the erotic conception of subjectivity has a very restricted meaning: it is the negative and purely immediate reference to the living thing, the annihilation of the natural object that does not achieve the complete negation of the being-other because
the erotic dimension of subjectivity requires and implies the autonomy of the object. The second thesis is that, as a practical and negative position of the self-consciousness with respect to its object, the erotic conception of subjectivity is not limited to Chapter IV, although it is in this chapter, and specifically in its introductory part, where the essential characters of that conception are established.
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