<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In opposition to the traditional empiricist understanding of phantasy as a copy of perception and therefore as a weakened form of experience, this paper interprets phantasy as an independent and creative modus of consciousness that is responsible for the individuation of the subject. The article reconstructs Husserl’s approach to phantasy as a specific kind of intentional operation as well as its relationship with mood-intentionality, bodily-kinesthetic expressivity and with hyletic anticipation as a structure of sensibility. In this way, the bi-valence of human experiential orders is claimed and the concept of bodily phantasy is pointed out. This leads the phenomenological analysis closer to the psychoanalytical approach to fantasy. The latter is investigated with reference to Freud’s concept of primary processual thinking and Gaddini’s understanding of bodily phantasy as a specific individuation factor within the personal history of bonding</p></abstract>

In opposition to the traditional empiricist understanding of phantasy as a copy of perception and therefore as a weakened form of experience, this paper interprets phantasy as an independent and creative modus of consciousness that is responsible for the individuation of the subject. The article reconstructs Husserl’s approach to phantasy as a specific kind of intentional operation as well as its relationship with mood-intentionality, bodily-kinesthetic expressivity and with hyletic anticipation as a structure of sensibility. In this way, the bi-valence of human experiential orders is claimed and the concept of bodily phantasy is pointed out. This leads the phenomenological analysis closer to the psychoanalytical approach to fantasy. The latter is investigated with reference to Freud’s concept of primary processual thinking and Gaddini’s understanding of bodily phantasy as a specific individuation factor within the personal history of bonding

The Bodily Texture of Phantasy

Gestalt Theory

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In opposition to the traditional empiricist understanding of phantasy as a copy of perception and therefore as a weakened form of experience, this paper...

The Bodily Texture of Phantasy

Published Online: Mar 31, 2017

Page range: 64 - 78

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/gth-2017-0002

Keywords
Body, bodily phantasy, consciousness, Freud, Husserl, individuation phantasy, phenomenology, psychoanalysis

© 2017 Jagna Brudzińska, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Bodily Texture of Phantasy

Published Online: Mar 31, 2017

Page range: 64 - 78

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/gth-2017-0002

KeywordsBody, bodily phantasy, consciousness, Freud, Husserl, individuation phantasy, phenomenology, psychoanalysis

© 2017 Jagna Brudzińska, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Body, bodily phantasy, consciousness, Freud, Husserl, individuation phantasy, phenomenology, psychoanalysis