Universal repression from consciousness versus abnormal dissociation from self-consciousness
Behavioral and Brain Sciences October 1, 2006 Robert G. Kunzendorf
Freud attributed uncovered incest, initially, to real abuse dissociated from self-consciousness, and later, to wishes repressed from consciousness. Dissociation is preferred on theoretical and empirical grounds. Whereas dissociation emerges from double-aspect materialism, repression implicates Cartesian dualism. Several studies suggest that abnormal individuals dissociate trauma from...