desire for desire is the desire for a desire to respond to the subjects appeal. Its the desire for a desirer. Why does the subject need this desirer who is the Other? Its plainly spelt out in Hegel that he needs the Other so that the Other may acknowl-edge him, so that he may receive the Others acknowledgement. What does that mean? It means that the Other will institute some¬thing, designated by a, which is what is involved at the level of what desires. The whole impasse lies here. In demanding to be acknowl¬edged, right where I get acknowledged, I only get acknowledged as an object. I get what I desire, Im an object, and I cant stand myself as an object, since this object that I am is of its essence a conscious¬ness, a Selbstbewusstsein. I cant stand myself acknowledged in the only type of acknowledgement I can obtain. Therefore it has to be settled at any cost between our two consciousnesses. Theres no longer any mediation but that of violence. Such is desires lot in Hegel.
Posted on: Thu, 02 Oct 2014 03:15:41 +0000
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