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Embodied Symbolism and Self-Awareness in Merleau-Ponty’s Interpretation of the Unconscious
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SYSNO ASEP 0508090 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve SCOPUS Title Embodied Symbolism and Self-Awareness in Merleau-Ponty’s Interpretation of the Unconscious Author(s) Puc, Jan (FLU-F) ORCID, RID Source Title Metodo: International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy. - : sdvig press - ISSN 2281-9177
Roč. 7, č. 1 (2019), s. 15-35Number of pages 21 s. Publication form Online - E Language eng - English Country CH - Switzerland Keywords The unconscious ; Embodiment ; Intersubjectivity ; Self-awareness Subject RIV AA - Philosophy ; Religion OECD category Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology R&D Projects GA15-10832S GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF) Method of publishing Open access Institutional support FLU-F - RVO:67985955 EID SCOPUS 85071377150 DOI 10.19079/metodo.7.1.15 Annotation This essay suggests what M. Merleau-Ponty’s conceptions of primordial symbolism and embodied intersubjectivity imply for the problem of the existence and manifestation of dynamically unconscious experiences. First, the paper draws attention to two distinct approaches to the unconscious in the Phenomenology of Perception. One line of argumentation proceeds from the notion of bad faith, which plays a pivotal role in J.-P. Sartre’s critique of psychoanalysis, another line subsumes unconscious thoughts under the neurological notion of body schema. Later, in Lectures on Passivity, Merleau-Ponty combines this expanded notion of body schema with his conception of “promiscuity,” which he illustrates with Freud’s case study of Dora. The paper explains how this new approach to intersubjectivity provides a basis for the manifestation of experiences against which the subject adopts defensive reactions. Finally, it is argued that this position does not equal a straightforward rejection of the notion of pre-reflective cogito and the problem of awareness of unconscious experiences thus remains open. Workplace Institute of Philosophy Contact Chlumská Simona, chlumska@flu.cas.cz ; Tichá Zuzana, asep@flu.cas.cz Tel: 221 183 360 Year of Publishing 2020 Electronic address http://metodo-rivista.eu/pub-228326
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