Acceleration and Time Pathologies
The critique of psychology in Heidegger's Beiträge
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4356438 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kevin A Aho (Florida Gulf Coast University, 10501 FGCU Boulevard South, Fort Myers, FL 33965-6565, USA), Kevin Aho (0000-0001-5998-2916, Florida Gulf Coast University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 25-42 |
| Publication date | 2007-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Time & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0961-463X • E-ISSN: 1461-7463 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0961463x07074100 |
| OpenAlex | W2053311930 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 14 |
In his Contributions to Philosophy, Martin Heidegger (1999) introduces 'acceleration' as one of the three symptoms - along with 'calculation' and the 'outbreak of massiveness' - of our technological way of 'being-in-the-world'. In this article, I unpack the relationship between these symptoms and draw a twofold conclusion. First, interpreting acceleration in terms of time pathologies, I suggest the self is becoming increasingly fragmented and emotionally overwhelmed from chronic sensory arousal and time pressure. This experience makes it difficult for us to qualitatively distinguish what matters to us in our everyday lives, resulting in a pervasive cultural mood of indifference, what Heidegger (1995) calls 'profound boredom'. Second, by drawing on Heidegger's hermeneutic method, I argue that the practice of mainstream psychology, by adopting the reductive methodology of the empirical sciences, largely ignores our accelerated socio-historical situation, resulting in therapeutic models that have a tendency to construct and perpetuate the very pathologies the psychologist is seeking to treat
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,28 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2023 (16) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |