13 research outputs found
The Review of the Psychoanalytic Approaches to the Holocaust, on the Example of the Ninth Circle Interpretation
The essay is an overview of the most notable psychoanalytic approaches to the trauma of the Holocaust, in the works of the Frankfurt school authors, and in the works of Shoshana Felman and Dori Laub. The last part of the article represents an attempt to interpret the film Ninth Circle by France Å tiglic, and in this respect the article reviews and applies the concepts of Viktor Franklās school of logotherapy, while it also relies on Franklās autobiographical account of the Holocaust trauma.The essay is an overview of the most notable psychoanalytic approaches to the trauma of the Holocaust, in the works of the Frankfurt school authors, and in the works of Shoshana Felman and Dori Laub. The last part of the article represents an attempt to interpret the film Ninth Circle by France Å tiglic, and in this respect the article reviews and applies the concepts of Viktor Franklās school of logotherapy, while it also relies on Franklās autobiographical account of the Holocaust trauma
The Good Intense āLovesā the Bad Intense: Intensity and the Death Drive
The article analyzes the concept of intensity promoted in late capitalism, and its difference from the teleological intensity of the countercultural sixties. Intensity is approached through psychoanalytic lenses as related to Freudās drive theory, and to Lacanās concept of jouissance. Counter-depressive intensity persists today devoid of any meaning, as it is a self-legitimating strategy of the most perfect and best conformed capitalist subject. The notion of the culture of intensity covers the natural privileging of late capitalism towards āthe good intense.ā This paper analyzes its reverse: āthe bad intense,ā and the tragedy of dysphoria. The movie Shame (2011), directed by Steve McQueen, is interpreted as an example of the transformation of the countercultural value of sexuality in the sixties to its mere reduction to both intense and numbing experience
HYSTERIA AND GENDER
The paper examines the significance of hysteria in relation to gender, the Darwinian psychiatrical construction of hysteria in the 19th century, and finally psychoanalytical concept of hysteria as an example of mental disorder. This suggests that the study of pathology started as the study of female pathology. The question is whether it is possible to give new meaning to hysteria and to say that it is a revolt against patriarchal discourse, following this āontologicalā link between women and madness based on womenās hyper-emotionality. Furthermore, it even reasses hysteria whithin post-feminism which stands for diversity, to such an extent that from being women\u27s āun-powerā it turns hysteria into āwomen-powerā ā the power of emotions, which is elaborated in the works of contemporary philosophers Megan Boler and Alison Jaggar
Psychoanalysis and New Age
Tema teksta bit Äe odnos odreÄenih psihoanalitiÄkih uÄenja i suvremenih new age teorija i tehnika, pri Äemu se popularnost i raspostranjenost new age tehnika može dovesti u vezu s opadanjem znaÄaja psihoanalitiÄkih terapijskih tehnika. New age Äe biti doveden u vezu s Jungovim naslijeÄem i idejom razaranja Ja kako bi se porodilo sebstvo Å”to je vezano uz zahtjev new agea za osobnom preobrazbom preko izmijenjenih stanja svijesti. Freuda se unutar new agea opÄenito tumaÄi kao vrhunac zapadnjaÄke racionalnosti, kao krajnju supremaciju racionalnog miÅ”ljenja koje je u svom prosvjetiteljskom zanosu krenulo racionalizirati i posljednju stvar, to jest ā nesvjesno. Freud, za razliku od new agera, ipak, polaže nade u vladavinu svijesti i oÄuvanje svjesnog dijela liÄnosti ili ÄvrstoÄu ega kao temelja ili jamca duÅ”evnog zdravlja, kao i oÄuvanje stroge granice koja dijeli svjesno i nesvjesno.The theme of this essay is the relation of certain psychoanalytic theories and contemporary new age theories, and it is implied that the all-pervasiveness of the new age techniques can be brought into the context of the diminishing power of psychoanalysis. The new age movement will be considered together with Jungās heritage and the idea of the shattered ego which is a prerequisite for the birth of the self, which is linked to the demand of the new age ā that of personal transformation through modified states of consciousness. Within the new age, Freud is generally considered as the apogee of Western rationality, as the apogee of rational thinking which in its enlightenment vein, strove to rationalize the last of all things- the unconscious. Freud, in difference from the new agers, relies on the reign of the conscious part of the personality, or firmnes of the ego as the foundation or guarantor of mental health, as well as keeping a sharp boundary between the conscious and the unconscious
On the Margines of Philosophy: Derrida and Freud
Tekst raÅ”Älanjuje Derridaovo razmatranje Freudova pojma nesvjesnog, buduÄi da Derrida smatra da su Freudove razliÄite metafore nesvjesnog ā od neuroloÅ”kog mdoela do Äarobnog bloka ā izazvane upravo Äinjenicom da stari koncepti nisu mogli poslužiti Freudovoj psihoanalizi te Freudovo iznalaženje metafora dovodi u vezu sa svojim pojmom diffĆ©rance, smatrajuÄi istovremeno kako Freud time zadaje ozbiljan udarac metafizici jer nesvjesno izmiÄe svakom upisivanju u veÄ postojeÄe pojmove logocentrizma, a svoje tragove ostavlja upravo izmiÄuÄi metafizici prisutnosti. Drugi dio teksta analizira Derridaovu dijagnozu Freudova povratka u metafiziÄki okvir Å”to se dogaÄa u Freudovim kasnim tekstovima Äime se njegova teorija razotkriva kao prisila ponavljanja starih koncepata prve energetske faze ili, putem prijenosa, kao upisivanje samog Freuda u interpretativne Äinove psihoanalize, Å”to dovodi do "autotanatografije".This essay encompasses Derridaās analysis of the Freudian unconscious, as Derrida considers various Freudian metaphors of the unconscious ā from the neurological model to the mystic writing-pad ā triggered by the fact that old concepts could not serve the psychoanaltyical purpose, and, in the same vein, Derrida considers that Freud, by doing so, executes a blow to metaphysics, as the unconscious eludes any inscription into the already-existing logocentric notions, and leaves its traces by eluding the metaphysics of presence, which makes it similar to the Derridean diffĆ©rance. The second part of the essay analyzes Derridaās diagnosis of the Freudian return into the metaphysical frame through which his theory is being disclosed as the compulsion to repeat the old energetic concepts or, via transference, as the inscription of Freud himself into the interpretative acts of psychoanalysis, leading to āautotanatographyā
Rousseauās Understanding of Compassion: Contemporary Psychoanalytic Perspectives
Älanak analizira Rousseauovu upotrebu pojmova ljubavi prema sebi (sebeljublja), samilosti i samoljublja te njihov odnos prema modernim psihoanalitiÄkim pojmovima. Ljubav prema sebi dovodi se u vezu s Freudovim pojmom samooÄuvanja; samoljublje je povezano s narcistiÄkom veliÄajnoÅ”Äu i bahatoÅ”Äu, dok samilost ukazuje na sliÄnost s modernim konceptom empatije. Rousseauovo razlikovanje izmeÄu navedena tri pojma u skladu je s temeljnom rasprom u psihoanalitiÄkoj teoriji: onoj izmeÄu nagonskih i objektnih (relacionalnih) teorija. Rousseauova misao može se, predpsihoanalitiÄki, protumaÄiti u smislu obuhvaÄanja obiju strana: njegovo naglaÅ”avanje ljubavi prema sebi blisko je nagonskom individualizmu, dok bi samilost bila oblik objektnog odnosa. U konaÄnici, Rousseauov pojam ljubav prema sebi preklapa se s Kohutovim pojmom zdravog narcizma koji je srediÅ”nji za razvoj liÄnosti, buduÄi da je odsutnost zdravog narcizma podjednako problematiÄna kao i bilo koji patoloÅ”ki oblik narcizma (veliÄajni ili idealizirajuÄi narcizam).The paper analyses Rousseauās use of the concepts of self-love, pity (compassion) and vanity, and their relation to modern psychoanalytic concepts. Self-love is brought into relation with Freudās self-preservation; vanity is coupled with narcissistic grandiosity and arrogance, while pity (compassion) bears resemblances to the modern concept of empathy. Rousseauās distinction between the three resonates well with the main controversy within psychoanalytic theory: the one between drive theories and object (relational) theories. Rousseauās thought can be interpreted as embracing both sides avant la lettre: his emphasizing of self-love is close to instinctual individualism, while pity would be a form of objectal relations. In final analysis, Rousseauās self-love overlaps with Kohutās concept of healthy narcissism which is central to the development of personality, as the absence of healthy narcissism is equally problematic as any pathological form of narcissism (idealizing or grandiose narcissism)
Psihoanaliza i njezine sudbine: Radovi Ŕestog Okruglog stola Odsjeka za filozofiju
UzimajuÄi za povod obljetnice dvaju najpoznatijih Freudovih djela, u napetosti izmeÄu znanstveno-teorijskog optimizma TumaÄenja snova i kulturno-povijesnog pesimizma Nelagode u kulturi, željeli bismo iznova ispitati istraživaÄke potencijale i/ili granice Freudova djela u njegovim razliÄitim aspektima i primjenama na kritiÄko promiÅ”ljanje suvremenih fenomena 21. stoljeÄa. Iako su ta Freudova djela veÄ davno prerasla okvire i doseg pojedinaÄnih teorema psihoanalize i postala ishodiÅ”tem kako mnogih znanstvenih doprinosa tokom 20. stoljeÄa tako i druÅ”tvenih i kulturnih formi života, poput terapijskih praksĆ¢ i primjenĆ¢ psihoanalize u akademskim studijima, polazimo od pretpostavke da ta djela i dalje predstavljaju neiscrpljeno teorijsko uporiÅ”te i metodoloÅ”ki pokretaÄ baziÄnih istraživanja od metapsiholoÅ”kih i analitiÄko-praktiÄkih preko filozofskih i znanstveno-teorijskih do njihovih razliÄitih interdisciplinarnih primjenĆ¢ na druÅ”tvene fenomene, ukljuÄujuÄi i preoblikovanja psihoanalitiÄkih teorema u bliskim izvanznanstvenim podruÄjima psihoterapije te prikazivaÄkih i izvedbenih umjetnosti.Ā (Iz Uvodne rijeÄi.)UzimajuÄi za povod obljetnice dvaju najpoznatijih Freudovih djela, u napetosti izmeÄu znanstveno-teorijskog optimizma TumaÄenja snova i kulturno-povijesnog pesimizma Nelagode u kulturi, željeli bismo iznova ispitati istraživaÄke potencijale i/ili granice Freudova djela u njegovim razliÄitim aspektima i primjenama na kritiÄko promiÅ”ljanje suvremenih fenomena 21. stoljeÄa. Iako su ta Freudova djela veÄ davno prerasla okvire i doseg pojedinaÄnih teorema psihoanalize i postala ishodiÅ”tem kako mnogih znanstvenih doprinosa tokom 20. stoljeÄa tako i druÅ”tvenih i kulturnih formi života, poput terapijskih praksĆ¢ i primjenĆ¢ psihoanalize u akademskim studijima, polazimo od pretpostavke da ta djela i dalje predstavljaju neiscrpljeno teorijsko uporiÅ”te i metodoloÅ”ki pokretaÄ baziÄnih istraživanja od metapsiholoÅ”kih i analitiÄko-praktiÄkih preko filozofskih i znanstveno-teorijskih do njihovih razliÄitih interdisciplinarnih primjenĆ¢ na druÅ”tvene fenomene, ukljuÄujuÄi i preoblikovanja psihoanalitiÄkih teorema u bliskim izvanznanstvenim podruÄjima psihoterapije te prikazivaÄkih i izvedbenih umjetnosti.Ā (Iz Uvodne rijeÄi.