Tone Roald
Biographic Data
| ID | 1094800 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tone Roald |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tone |
| FAMILY NAME | Roald |
| SIGNATURE | ROALD T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Copenhagen |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0932-6934 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 19 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Going Beyond Stendhal Syndrome
In this article, we discuss aesthetic encounters with works of visual art where the participants went through episodes where involuntary memories emerged regarding adverse experiences of their childhood. These aesthetic experiences were of great intensity and depth, accompanied by thought, affect, and somatic disturbances. Our material was collected through semistructured phenomenological interviews with a sample consisting of volunteers from Ath…
Phenomenological Psychology and Aesthetic Experience
Openness
In this article, we present a reading of Merleau-Ponty’s phenomenology through the concept of openness upon the world. Through this reading, we show how the concept is important throughout his work, and we demonstrate the concept’s centrality as an organizing metaphor for his conception of subjectivity and perception. With ‘openness upon the world’ as his explicit basis, he attempts an ontology in his late works that more radically transcends the…
Appearance of Beauty
This article describes what it is like to experience beauty in visual art. Our phenomenological analysis of interviews with visual art museum visitors shows that beauty appears as the relationship between two different experiential modes. Initially, the perceiver feels herself affectively and bodily immersed in the perceived while awareness of herself pulls back. Self-awareness eventually returns, allowing for a subtle yet distinct mode of reflec…
Imagination in Experiences of Visual Art
In this article, we demonstrate empirically that imagination is fundamental in experiences of visual art. We do so through phenomenological interviews and analysis in dialogue with works of the phenomenologists Mikel Dufrenne, Edmund Husserl and Maurice Merleau-Ponty. We challenge Dufrenne’s delimiting of imagination to a pre-reflective power of synthesis, and argue in favor of a more comprehensive psychological understanding of imagination, whic…
Touched by beauty
Philosophy of aesthetics and beauty has traditionally prioritized the sense of vision while deprioritizing the more basic-bodily and thus less “noble” sense of touch. This paper examines bodily aspects of how beauty appears in the experience of visual art and motivates the view that touch is fundamental to such experiences. We appeal to Merleau-Ponty to show the relevance given to touch in his phenomenology of aesthetics, to unfold the meaning of…
Beyond words
Reading literary fiction is often referred to as a cognitive or reflective process. This study, however, shows that reading relies on a bodily and affective engagement with the text that must be viewed as a presupposition for interpretation. The article examines personally significant experiences of reading fiction through phenomenological interviews and analysis. It reveals a general structure for this type of experience, which consists of the f…
Imagination in perception and art
The phenomenon of imagination plays an important though ambiguous role in philosophy and psychology. In this article, we describe its prereflective aspects, elucidating a form of imagination with defining consequences for our every experience. We lean on the epistemological framework developed by Maurice Merleau-Ponty in his book, Phenomenology of Perception (1945/2012), and argue that prereflective imagination can affect perceptual experiences i…
Aesthetic Empathy
Empathy is a psychologically significant phenomenon. It plays a key role in the development of the self, sociality, and prosocial behaviour. The term empathy originated in 19th-century aesthetics, where the concept was seen as an explanation for aesthetic experience. Despite renewed interest in the relation between empathy and aesthetic experiences, investigations into how empathy shapes experiences of art are still scarce. Given this situation, …
Deltagelse og æstetiske oplevelser på kunstmuseet? En Fænomenologisk Analyse
Resumé På museer står deltagelse i dag helt centralt. Brugerne inviteres til at være aktive, indgå i aktiviteter, tale sammen og skabe sammen. Selvom vi hilser denne deltagelsesagenda velkommen som et initiativ, der demokratiserer kunstmuseerne og gør dem relevante for flere mennesker, så argumenterer vi i denne artikel for, at deltagelse også påvirker kunstoplevelsen på en måde, der risikerer at overse en væsentligt dimension ved at opleve kunst…
On the ontology of language
In this article, we present a comparative analysis of the ontological assumptions about language at play within structural linguistics and trait theory. The ontological discussions demonstrate a fundamental incongruence between trait theory’s aim of description and its assumptions about language. This discussion guides a broader analysis of the structuring effect of the ontology of language within the study of subjectivity. We also develop the pr…
Why do we always generalize in qualitative research
A common criticism of qualitative research is that it lacks the possibility of making generalizations. In this article, however, we describe how informal generalization on the one hand is inextricably linked to the use of method and theory, whereas on the other hand, several formal methodological considerations in relation to the particular, qualitative study further ensure that claims can be made on a more general level. As such, a variety of po…
Atmospheric infancy
In this article we establish intersubjective meaning-making in infancy as atmospheric. Through qualitative descriptions of five mother–infant dyads in a video-recorded, experimental setting when the infant is 4, 7, 10, and 13 months, we discovered atmospheric appearances with a developmental pattern of atmospheric variations. These appearances, we argue, are contextual and intersubjective monologues. The monologues are similar to what Daniel Ster…
An existential structure of love
In this article we argue that love is to be understood in relation to a deeper existential structure. Love actualizes the extremes of activity and passivity, two fundamental existential positions. On one hand, we are thrown into the world and the Other in immediacy that exceeds our control. On the other hand, we are responsible for how this encounter is carried into the future. A living love relationship can be said to consist of an oscillation b…
Rhythms of intuition. Methodological reflections in phenomenological psychology
This paper discusses how different concepts of rhythm apply to phenomenological psychological research. We suggest that viewing phenomenological research in psychology as rhythmic not just enables us to notice how the research procedure implies certain shifts within in a series of temporally structured movements of repetition and change; it also enables us to deepen our understanding of the manner in which the researcher engages with the studied …
Modalization of movement
One of the most persistent problems in accounting for the constitution of subjective experience is the question of the unity of consciousness. In the phenomenological tradition this question is often approached through concepts such as ipseity, pre-reflective consciousness, ownership, and first-person perspective. Since Aristotle, the question of unity in an experiencing subject has been associated with the notion of “common sensibles” and the co…
Imagination and the Imaginary
Kathleen Lennon’s book Imagination and the Imaginary introduces the essentials on the history of the modern concept of imagination within phenomenology, supplemented by psychoanalysis and postmoder
Cognition in Emotion
Cognition in Emotion
Emotions are essential for human existence, both lighting the way toward the brightest of achievements and setting the course into the darkness of suffering. Not surprisingly, then, emotion research is currently one of the hottest topics in the field of psychology. Yet to divine the nature of emotion is a complex and extensive task. In this book emotions are approached thought an exploration of the nature of cognition in emotion; the nature of th…
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Cognition in Emotion
Emotions are essential for human existence, both lighting the way toward the brightest of achievements and setting the course into the darkness of suffering. Not surprisingly, then, emotion research is currently one of the hottest topics in the field of psychology. Yet to divine the nature of emotion is a complex and extensive task. In this book emotions are approached thought an exploration of the nature of cognition in emotion; the nature of th…
Cognition in Emotion
Modalization of movement
One of the most persistent problems in accounting for the constitution of subjective experience is the question of the unity of consciousness. In the phenomenological tradition this question is often approached through concepts such as ipseity, pre-reflective consciousness, ownership, and first-person perspective. Since Aristotle, the question of unity in an experiencing subject has been associated with the notion of “common sensibles” and the co…
Imagination and the Imaginary
Kathleen Lennon’s book Imagination and the Imaginary introduces the essentials on the history of the modern concept of imagination within phenomenology, supplemented by psychoanalysis and postmoder
Why do we always generalize in qualitative research
A common criticism of qualitative research is that it lacks the possibility of making generalizations. In this article, however, we describe how informal generalization on the one hand is inextricably linked to the use of method and theory, whereas on the other hand, several formal methodological considerations in relation to the particular, qualitative study further ensure that claims can be made on a more general level. As such, a variety of po…
Atmospheric infancy
In this article we establish intersubjective meaning-making in infancy as atmospheric. Through qualitative descriptions of five mother–infant dyads in a video-recorded, experimental setting when the infant is 4, 7, 10, and 13 months, we discovered atmospheric appearances with a developmental pattern of atmospheric variations. These appearances, we argue, are contextual and intersubjective monologues. The monologues are similar to what Daniel Ster…
An existential structure of love
In this article we argue that love is to be understood in relation to a deeper existential structure. Love actualizes the extremes of activity and passivity, two fundamental existential positions. On one hand, we are thrown into the world and the Other in immediacy that exceeds our control. On the other hand, we are responsible for how this encounter is carried into the future. A living love relationship can be said to consist of an oscillation b…
Rhythms of intuition. Methodological reflections in phenomenological psychology
This paper discusses how different concepts of rhythm apply to phenomenological psychological research. We suggest that viewing phenomenological research in psychology as rhythmic not just enables us to notice how the research procedure implies certain shifts within in a series of temporally structured movements of repetition and change; it also enables us to deepen our understanding of the manner in which the researcher engages with the studied …
Aesthetic Empathy
Empathy is a psychologically significant phenomenon. It plays a key role in the development of the self, sociality, and prosocial behaviour. The term empathy originated in 19th-century aesthetics, where the concept was seen as an explanation for aesthetic experience. Despite renewed interest in the relation between empathy and aesthetic experiences, investigations into how empathy shapes experiences of art are still scarce. Given this situation, …
Deltagelse og æstetiske oplevelser på kunstmuseet? En Fænomenologisk Analyse
Resumé På museer står deltagelse i dag helt centralt. Brugerne inviteres til at være aktive, indgå i aktiviteter, tale sammen og skabe sammen. Selvom vi hilser denne deltagelsesagenda velkommen som et initiativ, der demokratiserer kunstmuseerne og gør dem relevante for flere mennesker, så argumenterer vi i denne artikel for, at deltagelse også påvirker kunstoplevelsen på en måde, der risikerer at overse en væsentligt dimension ved at opleve kunst…
On the ontology of language
In this article, we present a comparative analysis of the ontological assumptions about language at play within structural linguistics and trait theory. The ontological discussions demonstrate a fundamental incongruence between trait theory’s aim of description and its assumptions about language. This discussion guides a broader analysis of the structuring effect of the ontology of language within the study of subjectivity. We also develop the pr…
Imagination in perception and art
The phenomenon of imagination plays an important though ambiguous role in philosophy and psychology. In this article, we describe its prereflective aspects, elucidating a form of imagination with defining consequences for our every experience. We lean on the epistemological framework developed by Maurice Merleau-Ponty in his book, Phenomenology of Perception (1945/2012), and argue that prereflective imagination can affect perceptual experiences i…
Appearance of Beauty
This article describes what it is like to experience beauty in visual art. Our phenomenological analysis of interviews with visual art museum visitors shows that beauty appears as the relationship between two different experiential modes. Initially, the perceiver feels herself affectively and bodily immersed in the perceived while awareness of herself pulls back. Self-awareness eventually returns, allowing for a subtle yet distinct mode of reflec…
Imagination in Experiences of Visual Art
In this article, we demonstrate empirically that imagination is fundamental in experiences of visual art. We do so through phenomenological interviews and analysis in dialogue with works of the phenomenologists Mikel Dufrenne, Edmund Husserl and Maurice Merleau-Ponty. We challenge Dufrenne’s delimiting of imagination to a pre-reflective power of synthesis, and argue in favor of a more comprehensive psychological understanding of imagination, whic…
Touched by beauty
Philosophy of aesthetics and beauty has traditionally prioritized the sense of vision while deprioritizing the more basic-bodily and thus less “noble” sense of touch. This paper examines bodily aspects of how beauty appears in the experience of visual art and motivates the view that touch is fundamental to such experiences. We appeal to Merleau-Ponty to show the relevance given to touch in his phenomenology of aesthetics, to unfold the meaning of…
Beyond words
Reading literary fiction is often referred to as a cognitive or reflective process. This study, however, shows that reading relies on a bodily and affective engagement with the text that must be viewed as a presupposition for interpretation. The article examines personally significant experiences of reading fiction through phenomenological interviews and analysis. It reveals a general structure for this type of experience, which consists of the f…
Going Beyond Stendhal Syndrome
In this article, we discuss aesthetic encounters with works of visual art where the participants went through episodes where involuntary memories emerged regarding adverse experiences of their childhood. These aesthetic experiences were of great intensity and depth, accompanied by thought, affect, and somatic disturbances. Our material was collected through semistructured phenomenological interviews with a sample consisting of volunteers from Ath…
Phenomenological Psychology and Aesthetic Experience
Openness
In this article, we present a reading of Merleau-Ponty’s phenomenology through the concept of openness upon the world. Through this reading, we show how the concept is important throughout his work, and we demonstrate the concept’s centrality as an organizing metaphor for his conception of subjectivity and perception. With ‘openness upon the world’ as his explicit basis, he attempts an ontology in his late works that more radically transcends the…
Epistemology (11 works) · Psychology (11 works) · Philosophy (10 works) · Aesthetic Perception and Analysis (7 works) · Aesthetics (7 works) · Art (4 works) · Cognitive psychology (4 works) · Interpretative phenomenological analysis (4 works) · Perception (4 works) · Phenomenology (philosophy) (4 works)