Existential Psychoanalysis and Sociogeny
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21692200 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas Meagher (0000-0002-9195-6723, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 48-59 |
| Publication date | 2021-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sartre Studies International (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1357-1559 • E-ISSN: 1558-5476 |
| Publisher | Berghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3167/ssi.2021.270206 |
| OpenAlex | W4200599744 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This article explores Sartre’s existential psychoanalysis as a phenomenological method for apprehending the fundamental project of the existent through an examination of the anonymous features of human desire. In grasping the anonymity underlying the “I want,” existential psychoanalysis seeks the meaning of freedom from a standpoint of alterity. I then analyze Fanon’s Black Skin White Masks as a work of existential psychoanalysis which hinges on his use of “sociogeny” to diagnose the alienation of Black existents. Finally, I conclude by examining the implications of a Fanonian existential psychoanalysis for anti-racism through a discussion of Michael Monahan’s critical reflections on the notion of being nonracist
Alienation · Alterity · Epistemology · Existentialism · Freudian slip · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies · Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Simone de Beauvoir and Sartre
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |