The pandemic crisis as a crisis of the symbolic order and psychoanalytic work regarding imaginary objects

Abstract

The title of the article already indicates the structure of the text. In the first part, it is argued that the Corona crisis is a crisis as it challenges the symbolic order in many ways. The virus becomes an imaginary object that is uncanny. In the second part, psychoanalytic work on the uncanny object (how is it dealt with?) and work with the uncanny object (how can work be done under the conditions of the uncanny?) are discussed.