Benigna Gerisch
Biographic Data
| ID | 1630878 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Benigna Gerisch |
| GIVEN NAMES | Benigna |
| FAMILY NAME | Gerisch |
| SIGNATURE | GERISCH B |
| AFFILIATIONS | International Psychoanalytic University Berlin |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Quantifying self-quantification
This study presents a quantitative account of who uses or stops using digital self-tracking (ST). A representative sample of German adults aged 20–50 years ( N = 1022) completed an online survey on their ST practices, personality traits and attitudes toward numbers, on sociodemographic characteristics, mental disorders (particularly bulimia, burnout syndrome, and depression) and somatic disorders. A descriptive statistical analysis was performed …
“. . . To really have everything completely perfect”
Lost in Perfection
The body in times of acceleration and delimitation
This article discusses the evident popularity of the body as an expression of manipulative attacks on time-bound physicality or, to be more exact, the dialectics of aestheticizing and destructive body practices. The perspective is explicitly psychoanalytic-psychodynamic and claims neither to be a statement of totality nor does it draw on traditional empirical evidence. The topic is triggered by the fact that we are faced with a paradoxical situat…
This Is Not Death, It Is Something Safer
An attempt is made to illustrate the chronic suicidality and the separation-individuation conflict in the life and work of Sylvia Plath. Explanations of female suicidality in prevailing suicidality research are primarily influenced by male fantasms and gender role cliches. Plath's work, however, not only enables insight into her individual fate, but also offers a differentiated perception of suicidality among women. It becomes apparent that the t…
Quantifying self-quantification
This study presents a quantitative account of who uses or stops using digital self-tracking (ST). A representative sample of German adults aged 20–50 years ( N = 1022) completed an online survey on their ST practices, personality traits and attitudes toward numbers, on sociodemographic characteristics, mental disorders (particularly bulimia, burnout syndrome, and depression) and somatic disorders. A descriptive statistical analysis was performed …
This Is Not Death, It Is Something Safer
An attempt is made to illustrate the chronic suicidality and the separation-individuation conflict in the life and work of Sylvia Plath. Explanations of female suicidality in prevailing suicidality research are primarily influenced by male fantasms and gender role cliches. Plath's work, however, not only enables insight into her individual fate, but also offers a differentiated perception of suicidality among women. It becomes apparent that the t…
The body in times of acceleration and delimitation
This article discusses the evident popularity of the body as an expression of manipulative attacks on time-bound physicality or, to be more exact, the dialectics of aestheticizing and destructive body practices. The perspective is explicitly psychoanalytic-psychodynamic and claims neither to be a statement of totality nor does it draw on traditional empirical evidence. The topic is triggered by the fact that we are faced with a paradoxical situat…
Lost in Perfection
“. . . To really have everything completely perfect”
Quantifying self-quantification
This study presents a quantitative account of who uses or stops using digital self-tracking (ST). A representative sample of German adults aged 20–50 years ( N = 1022) completed an online survey on their ST practices, personality traits and attitudes toward numbers, on sociodemographic characteristics, mental disorders (particularly bulimia, burnout syndrome, and depression) and somatic disorders. A descriptive statistical analysis was performed …
Epistemology (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Psychoanalysis (3 works) · Psychodynamics (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies (2 works)