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Can I read Understanding First: A Psychoanalytic Take on Self-Constitution on EtoBox?
Understanding First: A Psychoanalytic Take on Self-Constitution by Iskra Fileva; Linda A.W. Brakel is a Arts and Humanities article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Understanding First: A Psychoanalytic Take on Self-Constitution about?
Abstract: In this paper, we criticize what we dub the “pruning view” of self-constitution, championed widely by philosophers, mainly though not exclusively in the Kantian tradition, and instead defend an alternative view inspired by psychoanalysis. We argue that normative assessment comes much too early on the pruning view, so early that it interferes with achieving deeper self-understanding that can produce lasting change. On the proposal we advocate, self-constitution must begin with a non-moralizing attempt to truly understand why one has undesirable and unwanted propensities. We call this the “understanding first” principle. Only after deeper self-understanding has been achieved are attempts to liberate oneself from unwanted elements likely to succeed.
Who reads Understanding First: A Psychoanalytic Take on Self-Constitution?
It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Arts and Humanities.
- Author
- Iskra Fileva; Linda A.W. Brakel
- Publisher
- Project MUSE
- Published
- 2023
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)