Incubus: The Nightmare Materialized. When Aggressiveness becomes Violence

The paper explores the tension between aggressiveness and violence regarding the intentional pressure (Lacan). It gives an account on the phenomenological take on intentionality in favor of the idea that the subject-object relation is indispensable for the conscious being. Psychoanalysis goes furthe...

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Published in:International journal on humanistic ideology 2023-01, Vol.13 (2), p.83-98
Main Author: Bodea, Cristian
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aggressiveness
Cassavetes, John (1929-1989)
Consciousness
Intentionality
Motion pictures
Phenomenology
Philosophy
Psychoanalysis
Violence
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Summary:The paper explores the tension between aggressiveness and violence regarding the intentional pressure (Lacan). It gives an account on the phenomenological take on intentionality in favor of the idea that the subject-object relation is indispensable for the conscious being. Psychoanalysis goes further and shows that such a relation has also an unconscious element which is essentially aggressive and structural. In order that the aggressiveness does not become violence, a process of sublimation is needed. This paper demonstrates that in nightmare such a process is deficient, having to do with the forbidden object. Consequently, the question of incest arises. The movie The Incubus (1982) is a good example of what happens when the limit between subject and object is pushed, and it shows what would happen if that limit was removed.
ISSN:1844-458X