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Heidegger's letter about Lacan

anecdote · philosophy · retold in 3 talks

Comparing the original published version of 'The Function and Field of Speech' with its revision in Écrits, Žižek shows Lacan desperately erased Hegelian traces: in the early version the analyst is the Hegelian master with absolute knowing; later he retracted this, linking analytic neutrality to Hegelian passivity instead.

As told 2

“you can see Lacan in the later rewriting desperately trying to erase all Hegelian to traces to de-Hegelianize because it's crazy how radically pro-Hegelian Lacan is there”
“Lacan had a bad impression as well where he gave him a lift in his car Heidegger kept complaining that Lacan was driving too fast and Lacan just drove faster.”

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Comparing the original published version of 'The Function and Field of Speech' with its revision in Écrits, Žižek shows Lacan desperately erased Hegelian traces: in the early version the analyst is the Hegelian master with absolute knowing; later he retracted this, linking analytic neutrality to Hegelian passivity instead., illustrating absolute knowing,cunning of reason
Anecdote in which Lacan gave Heidegger a lift; Heidegger kept complaining Lacan was driving too fast, so Lacan drove faster., illustrating complaint,Lacan's character