Ordinary language and psychoanalysis: Felman, Lacan and Austin

This article discusses Shoshana Felman’s reading of Austin’s theory of speech acts in the light of Lacanian psychoanalysis, particularly the concepts of desire, enjoyment and the unconscious. This criticism lies in the fact that Austin’s “Felmanian” interpretation, attached to the letter of the text...

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Autor principal: Cardozo González, Santiago
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spelling I15-R204-article-2492025-05-30T12:43:14Z Ordinary language and psychoanalysis: Felman, Lacan and Austin Lenguaje ordinario y psicoanálisis: Felman, Lacan y Austin Cardozo González, Santiago Actos de habla performatividad deseo inconsciente referente Speech acts performativity desire unconscious referent This article discusses Shoshana Felman’s reading of Austin’s theory of speech acts in the light of Lacanian psychoanalysis, particularly the concepts of desire, enjoyment and the unconscious. This criticism lies in the fact that Austin’s “Felmanian” interpretation, attached to the letter of the text it interprets, forgets the essentially economic nature of Austin’s theory, supported by the idea of communicative effectiveness, from which the theory of the misfortunes and all the elements that Felman notes as comparable to the Lacanian conception of language and discourse, among which the pleasure produced by jokes and the place occupied by unfortunate and unhappy speech acts. Thus, the thesis is raised that Felman’s reading misses one of the central points of the architecture of Austin’s theory, and lets it escape, to a large extent, due to a “dialectical déficit” in the exercise of its interpretation, particularly in the way in which it conceives the referent of any utterance. El presente artículo discute la lectura que Shoshana Felman realiza de la teoría de los actos de habla de Austin a la luz del psicoanálisis lacaniano, particularmente de los conceptos de deseo, goce e inconsciente. Dicha crítica radica en que la interpretación “felmaniana” de Austin, apegada a la letra del texto que interpreta, olvida la naturaleza esencialmente económica de la teoría austiniana, sustentada en la idea de eficacia comunicativa, a partir de la cual se configura la teoría de los infortunios y todos los elementos que Felman advierte como homologables a la concepción lacaniana del lenguaje y del discurso, entre los que se destacan el placer producido por los chistes y el lugar que ocupan los actos de habla desafortunados e infelices. Así, se plantea la tesis de que la lectura de Felman deja escapar uno de los puntos centrales de la arquitectura de la teoría de Austin, y lo deja escapar, en buena medida, por un “déficit dialéctico” en el ejercicio de su interpretación, particularmente en el modo en que concibe al referente de cualquier enunciación. Departamento de Psicoanálisis de la Facultad de Psicología de la Universidad Nacional de Rosario 2025-05-30 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://psicoanalisisenlauniversidad.unr.edu.ar/index.php/RPU/article/view/249 10.35305/rpu.v9i9.249 PSICOANÁLISIS EN LA UNIVERSIDAD; Vol. 9 No. 9 (2025): Revista Psicoanálisis en la Universidad; 83-96 PSICOANÁLISIS EN LA UNIVERSIDAD; Vol. 9 Núm. 9 (2025): Revista Psicoanálisis en la Universidad; 83-96 PSICOANÁLISIS EN LA UNIVERSIDAD; Vol. 9 No 9 (2025): Revista Psicoanálisis en la Universidad; 83-96 PSICOANÁLISIS EN LA UNIVERSIDAD; v. 9 n. 9 (2025): Revista Psicoanálisis en la Universidad; 83-96 2683-9938 2591-2844 spa https://psicoanalisisenlauniversidad.unr.edu.ar/index.php/RPU/article/view/249/205 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
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topic Actos de habla
performatividad
deseo
inconsciente
referente
Speech acts
performativity
desire
unconscious
referent
spellingShingle Actos de habla
performatividad
deseo
inconsciente
referente
Speech acts
performativity
desire
unconscious
referent
Cardozo González, Santiago
Ordinary language and psychoanalysis: Felman, Lacan and Austin
topic_facet Actos de habla
performatividad
deseo
inconsciente
referente
Speech acts
performativity
desire
unconscious
referent
author Cardozo González, Santiago
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title Ordinary language and psychoanalysis: Felman, Lacan and Austin
title_short Ordinary language and psychoanalysis: Felman, Lacan and Austin
title_full Ordinary language and psychoanalysis: Felman, Lacan and Austin
title_fullStr Ordinary language and psychoanalysis: Felman, Lacan and Austin
title_full_unstemmed Ordinary language and psychoanalysis: Felman, Lacan and Austin
title_sort ordinary language and psychoanalysis: felman, lacan and austin
description This article discusses Shoshana Felman’s reading of Austin’s theory of speech acts in the light of Lacanian psychoanalysis, particularly the concepts of desire, enjoyment and the unconscious. This criticism lies in the fact that Austin’s “Felmanian” interpretation, attached to the letter of the text it interprets, forgets the essentially economic nature of Austin’s theory, supported by the idea of communicative effectiveness, from which the theory of the misfortunes and all the elements that Felman notes as comparable to the Lacanian conception of language and discourse, among which the pleasure produced by jokes and the place occupied by unfortunate and unhappy speech acts. Thus, the thesis is raised that Felman’s reading misses one of the central points of the architecture of Austin’s theory, and lets it escape, to a large extent, due to a “dialectical déficit” in the exercise of its interpretation, particularly in the way in which it conceives the referent of any utterance.
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