Passive Association and the Formation of the Temper of Animus

Aspects of a Phenomenology of Nostalgia

Abstract

The aim of this work is to contribute to the phenomenological clarification of the awaking of the Nostalgia according to the idea of associative passive synthesis by Husserl. Departing from the distinction of the static and genetic analysis of feelings we continue until the possibility of the description of the genesis of the nostalgic mood taking in consideration the synthesis of passive association which is involved in its arousing.