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Dread and authenticity

Dread and authenticity The American Journal of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 49, No. 2, 1989 Julius E. Heuscher This paper evolved quite naturally out of two previous articles of mine pub- lished in these pages, "Death and Authenticity" (1986a) and "Love and Authenticity" (1987). The first portrayed death as a crucially significant chal- lenge to authenticity: not only because it reveals the ever present finitude of whatever we cherish here on earth, but also because it subtly and unceas- ingly reminds us of the fact that at any moment it may hurl us into a state of facing hopelessly and endlessly the truly significant tasks which we have avoided. The paper on love and authenticity attempted to convey the powerful, creative mutual interaction of Eros and Agape, the essential role of genuine, unselfish love for the "other" in the formation of the Self, the unavoidable, painful conflicts and sacrifices required in the process of becoming and affirm- ing the Self we are, as well as the challenging paradoxes that render this quest interminably open-ended. To turn, now, to dread and authenticity may at first seem anticlimactic. Yet a genuine stance toward love and death requires an understanding of dread and anxiety which our everyday http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The American Journal of Psychoanalysis Springer Journals

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Springer Journals
Copyright
1989 Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis
ISSN
0002-9548
eISSN
1573-6741
DOI
10.1007/BF01248308
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Abstract

The American Journal of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 49, No. 2, 1989 Julius E. Heuscher This paper evolved quite naturally out of two previous articles of mine pub- lished in these pages, "Death and Authenticity" (1986a) and "Love and Authenticity" (1987). The first portrayed death as a crucially significant chal- lenge to authenticity: not only because it reveals the ever present finitude of whatever we cherish here on earth, but also because it subtly and unceas- ingly reminds us of the fact that at any moment it may hurl us into a state of facing hopelessly and endlessly the truly significant tasks which we have avoided. The paper on love and authenticity attempted to convey the powerful, creative mutual interaction of Eros and Agape, the essential role of genuine, unselfish love for the "other" in the formation of the Self, the unavoidable, painful conflicts and sacrifices required in the process of becoming and affirm- ing the Self we are, as well as the challenging paradoxes that render this quest interminably open-ended. To turn, now, to dread and authenticity may at first seem anticlimactic. Yet a genuine stance toward love and death requires an understanding of dread and anxiety which our everyday

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The American Journal of PsychoanalysisSpringer Journals

Published: Jun 1, 1989

Keywords: Clinical Psychology; Psychotherapy; Psychoanalysis

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