phenomenology of the other world
Shannon Hayes
Metalepsis Journal of the American Board and Academy of Psychoanalysis April 28, 2021 DOI: 10.52112/mtl.v1i1.15 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Philosophy of mind |
| Keywords | Phenomenology philosophy Psychoanalysis Epistemology |
| Key points | Argues that a phenomenological approach to the unconscious is possible, not by making the unconscious appear, but by dwelling with the tensions and aporias that emerge from such an endeavor. |
Abstract
Unconsciousness between phenomenology and psychoanalysis developed out of the 2014 conference titled "Is there a phenomenology of unconsciousness?" As Dorothe Legrand and Dylan Trigg make clear in the introduction, this volume is not intended to be a dialogue between phenomenology and psychoanalysis, nor is it meant to be an index of their interactions, nor to compare their approaches. By and large, the authors in this volume are approaching the unconscious phenomenologically -that is, approaching it with a methodology closely associated with a philosophy of consciousness. While phenomenology calls for first-person, descriptive accounts of lived experience, the unconscious has long been characterized as that which withholds itself from consciousness and is, if not inaccessible to conscious, then distinct, a resistance to consciousness within consciousness itself. How, then, to make the unconscious appear when it is defined by its non-appearance? By virtue of this approach, the authors take on a difficult task, which is not, strictly speaking, to make the unconscious appear, but to dwell with the tensions and aporias that inevitably emerge from such an endeavor.
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