By Norman O. Brown
Author note: creation through Christopher Lasch
Publish yr note: initially released in 1959
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Life opposed to Death is a piece of literary concept released in 1959 via Norman O. Brown. Its theoretical foundation is a synthesis of Freudian, Nietzschean & Marxist pondering. Written over part a century in the past, the expansive scope of this e-book deconstructs the human person & collective psyche as seen throughout the lens of either heritage & post-Freudian inspiration.
As is correct with all vintage paintings, its relevence calls for highbrow attention. not anyone has reviewed this booklet higher than Brown himself, within the Preface: "This ebook is addressed to all who're able to name into query previous assumptions & entertain new probabilities. & due to the fact new principles won't come if their front into the brain is topic to conformity with our outdated ones & with what we name good judgment, this e-book calls for of the reader--as it demanded of the author--a prepared suspension of logic. the purpose is to open up an new aspect of view."
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It is often paraphrased as involving “thesis, antithesis, synthesis”, a triad of terms which might be misleading in that one may surmise that there is a complete cancellation of thesis and antithesis by synthesis. This assumption would neglect the subtle but essential preservation and elevation of aspects of each phase by the process. What is truly important in Aufhebung is the sense of creative elaboration and growth, rather than the more reflexive annihilation of the opposition, the latter being a pattern that might seem painfully familiar in certain political, philosophical, and, indeed, psychoanalytic discussions where there is no wish to learn from the other or to change one’s position.
The constitution of the subject in the space between mother and infant is mediated by such psychological–interpersonal events as projective identification, primary maternal preoccupation, the mirroring relationship, relatedness to transitional objects, and the experiences of object usage . . (Ogden, 1992b, p. 624) All of these dialectical processes echo the basic processes of Aufhebung (Ogden, 1992b, p. 624). 0B 27/06/2016 08:30 Page 15 DIALECTIC ORIGINS 15 Civitarese: the vitalising function of maternal reverie While Hegel poses a self-revealing system toward growth of the mind, Giuseppe Civitarese posits the mother’s attention and reverie as part of this crucial animating role.
Him. I suggested to him that he felt so deeply entrenched . . [that none] of my so-called understanding [could] be of help to him, and that the only way he felt we could find accord was for me to change my mind. He felt (to his surprise) that he was seen clearly in terms of the entrenched stance but [he] was also disoriented, unsure if my seeing his entrenchment was my tricking him, seeing him clearly, or changing my stance. 0B 27/06/2016 08:30 Page 19 DIALECTIC ORIGINS 19 As we investigated this disorientation, I suggested that when he felt so clearly seen, in fact the .
