Acknowledging, moving toward, and transcending psycho-physiological angst during a paradox of conflicting desires
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Article Title | Acknowledging, moving toward, and transcending psycho-physiological angst during a paradox of conflicting desires |
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Article Category | Article |
Authors | |
Author | Gildersleeve, Matthew |
Journal Title | Quadrant: The Journal of the C. G. Jung Foundation |
Journal Citation | 45 (1), pp. 69-86 |
Number of Pages | 18 |
Year | 2015 |
Place of Publication | New York, United States |
Abstract | In this paper I integrate the work of a number of philosophers to clarify some psychological issues that can arise in human existence when a conflict of intrapersonal or interpersonal desires arises. This paper utilises the work of Deleuze, Freud, Jung, Heidegger, Hegel and Nietzsche to provide a conceptual framework as to how mental disturbances can arise if unconscious desires cannot be satisfied due to the experience of a resistance from a conflicting or opposing desire. This paper argues that the phenomenal experience of a conflict of desires can be unconcealed in moments of un-readiness-to-hand and from the awareness of the psychophysiological experience of stress or angst. The work that is presented, results in the conclusion that it is fundamentally necessary to embrace Nietzsche’s idea of the ‘will to power’ to overcome these difficulties and to achieve personal individuation and authentic wellbeing. This advice is in contrast to an inauthentic choice of depending on the use of Freudian defence mechanisms to conceal a conflict of desires from consciousness. A detailed theoretical example of the process involved in the resolution of a conflict of desires through self-transcendence is specifically informed by the ideas of Nietzsche and Jung. |
Keywords | psychoanalysis, existentialism, transcendent function, will to power |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 320221. Psychiatry (incl. psychotherapy) |
500320. Psychoanalytic philosophy | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | Queensland University of Technology |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q4y16/acknowledging-moving-toward-and-transcending-psycho-physiological-angst-during-a-paradox-of-conflicting-desires
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