Subjective destitution in art and politics: From being-towards-death to undeadness
Jacques Lacan coined the term “subjective destitution” to describe the concluding moment of a psychoanalytic treatment. This concept can also usefully be applied to art and to politics. In art, subjective destitution can be defined as a passage from being-towardsdeath to undeadness, in other words...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Catalan |
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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
2023-03-01
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| Series: | Enrahonar: Quaderns de Filosofia |
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| Online Access: | https://revistes.uab.cat/enrahonar/article/view/1393 |
| Summary: | Jacques Lacan coined the term “subjective destitution” to describe the concluding moment of a psychoanalytic treatment. This concept can also usefully be applied to art and to politics. In art, subjective destitution can be defined as a passage from being-towardsdeath to undeadness, in other words to the position of the living dead – this passage takes place between Shostakovich’s 14th symphony and his final symphony, the 15th. In politics, subjective destitution designates the passage of a political subject to a radical de-subjectivization, to becoming an object of a political cause.
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| ISSN: | 0211-402X 2014-881X |