ERWIN STRAUS Il sospiro. Introduzione a una teoria dell’espressione Introduzione di SALVATORE GIAMMUSSO L’emozione dà a intendere. Intorno a Il sospiro di Erwin Straus

Abstract

First italian edition of "The Sigh" by Erwin Straus ed. by Salvatore Giammusso EMOTION GIVES RISE TO THOUGHT. ON ERWIN STRAUS’ THE SIGH In this introduction I locate Straus’ essay on the sigh in the context of his work. The paper can also be read as a profile of Straus as a phenomenological psychologist and philosopher who reveals some affinities with authors such as Helmuth Plessner. Together with Lebensphilosophie and philosophical anthropology, Straus focuses on lived corporeity as a key to overcoming the Cartesian dualism in psychological sciences. For Straus, psychology must get rid of metaphysics and focus on lived experience. Starting from this conception, I try to point out the connections with humanistic psychology and the contemporary phenomenology of corporeity.

Keywords

• straus
• sigh
• anthropology