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Receptivity is not passivity: A comparison between psychoanalysis and phenomenology concerning experience, judgement and the analytic attitude.
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International Journal of Psychoanalysis . Oct2023, Vol. 104 Issue 5, p886-897. 12p. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Starting from Edmund Husserl's last book Experience and Judgement, this paper explores the notions of "passivity" and "receptivity" in phenomenology and psychoanalysis. Both sciences agree that receptivity differs from passivity, but they have developed different conceptualizations about the very nature of the rudimentary "ego-activity" which is the source of receptivity. In phenomenological terms, "pre-predicative" experience roots in a primary presence and openness of the ego towards the world, whilst psychoanalysis has emphasized the role of projective and introjective processes which are close to bodily experiences and unconscious phantasy. The second part of the paper draws some conclusions concerning the analytic situation, in particular the shift among receptivity, empathy, curiosity and creative imagination as central features of the analytic attitude from a mainly Kleinian point of view. The paper argues that receptivity is a field where phenomenological and psychoanalytic approaches can mutually enrich and learn from each other. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *PSYCHOANALYSIS
*PHENOMENOLOGY
*ATTITUDE (Psychology)
*FANTASY (Psychology)
*EMPATHY
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00207578
- Volume :
- 104
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- International Journal of Psychoanalysis
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 173345120
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00207578.2023.2255468