The enigmatic “nature of the subject
With philosophy at the interface of psychoanalysis and society
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6130188 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jurgen Reeder (a Adelsbergsvägen 6, 273 32 , Tomelilla , Sweden E-mail:, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 114-121 |
| Publication date | 2008-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Scandinavian Psychoanalytic Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0106-2301 • E-ISSN: 1600-0803 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01062301.2008.10592839 |
| OpenAlex | W784702166 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 8 |
Freud once placed psychoanalysis in a “middle position between medicine and philosophy”. Yet, the meaning of that position has never been sufficiently clarified. The author suggests that the essence of the psychoanalytic experience is defined by the fact that its clinical practice operates within a basically relational or intersubjective frame containing the analysand's self-interpreting reflection, which here is identified as ethical in nature. It is further argued that late modernity is experiencing a crisis in the art of reflection, accompanied by a flight from this ethical dimension. A common social response is to fall back on the authority of neo-positivistic science, making psychoanalysis increasingly redundant. To meaningfully connect with the consequences of this state of affairs, psychoanalysis needs to deepen the understanding of its unique essence. To that end, a model for collaboration with philosophy is briefly sketched
Epistemology · Frame (networking) · Meaning (existential) · Modernity · Positivism · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Sociology · Subject (documents) · Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,19 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2012 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |