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[Interpretation between determinism and hermeneutics. A new approach].
Psyche
|June 1, 1992
Summary
Psychoanalytic interpretation moves beyond past determinism and meaning-making. A deconstructive approach empowers individuals to create new personal narratives, integrating past constraints with future freedom.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Psychoanalysis
- Philosophy of Mind
Context:
- Explores traditional Freudian and Jungian/Ricoeurian views on psychoanalytic interpretation.
- Highlights the limitations of dualistic approaches to understanding the past.
- Introduces a novel deconstructive method for interpretation in psychoanalysis.
Purpose:
- To propose a new framework for psychoanalytic interpretation that transcends the dichotomy of determinism versus hermeneutics.
- To deconstruct existing interpretations and facilitate the creation of new meanings by the analysand.
- To conceptualize interpretation as a synthesis of constraint and freedom.
Summary:
- Presents psychoanalytic interpretation not as uncovering a "real" past or conferring meaning on a fragmented one, but as a deconstructive process.
- This deconstruction aims to create space for the analysand to construct new meanings and narratives.
- The proposed approach integrates deterministic elements of the past with the hermeneutic freedom of present construction.
Impact:
- Offers a novel perspective on psychoanalytic interpretation, moving beyond established theoretical divides.
- Empowers individuals in psychoanalysis by positioning them as active creators of their own narratives.
- Provides a theoretical model that reconciles the tension between past influences and individual agency.