Reflection in psychoanalysis

On symbols and metaphors

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8973192
AutoresHenrik Enckell (Estnäsgatan 7 E 9, 00170 Helsinki, Finland, autor de correspondencia)
Año2010
Volumen91
Número5
Páginas1093-1114
Fecha de publicación2010-08-31
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe International Journal of Psychoanalysis (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0020-7578 • E-ISSN: 1745-8315
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1745-8315.2010.00320.x
PMID20955247
OpenAlexW1490981207
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas10
Referencias citadas31

Psychoanalysis is an art of reflection, i.e. it tries to facilitate the subject's retrieval of his own self. The 'material' to be reflected upon consists of the products of human symbolization. But there are two views of reflection. In one, the self is searched in a temporal, structural and procedural 'anterior' (the model of archaeology). In the other the self is to be found in a still evolving meaning process, i.e. it resides in a 'future' (the model of teleology). Both these pictures are common in psychoanalysis. The aim of this paper is to study the figures of symbolization through the archaeology/teleology reflection model. The author tries to show that 'symbol' leans on archaeology while 'metaphor' comprises a teleological conception. In order to show the relevance of this finding, the author draws the outlines of both an archaeological and a teleological model in psychoanalysis. It is stated that the former builds on an inherent symbol model while the figure for the latter is metaphor

Epistemology · Linguistics · Meaning (existential · Metaphor · Reflection (computer programming · Relevance (law · Subject (documents · Symbol (formal · Teleology · Computer Science · Philosophy · Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy