Who Am I? The Self/Subject According to Psychoanalytic Theory

Who Am I? The Self/Subject According to Psychoanalytic Theory

To the question: Who am I

Introduction To the question: Who am I? – the mainstream science would answer that we are our physical bodies. The biologists would agree. But a conscious limbless person, with only one kidney and one lung, no appendix and no gall-bladder is no less of whatever we are then a regular full body human, thus proving that we are definitely not our bodies. Furthermore, it is well known that certain p...

I Who Am

or in a circumambient 'psychic' realm in which the individual mind is bathed. He also criticises the principle that archetypal figures in dreams and visions may be purely subjective symbols derived from the higher reaches of the personal mind. He suggests that they are in fact superior, invisible Beings under whose influence the individual comes as he develops spiritually. Here again he may be ...

Framing the Shape and Time of the Future: from Who Am I to When Am I

Fixing a watch does not mean one understands the future and understanding the nature of time, does not mean one can repair a watch. Fixing a watch requires technical skills and a theory of moving parts; understanding the future requires much more diverse skills; to begin with: an understanding and appreciation of theories of social change, cultural mythology, and the politics of epistemology. B...

Abecedarium: who am I? N'.

I was born under the Austrian monarchy, on October 23, 1837, in the town of Kaposvar in the province of Hungary, youngest but one of a very poor Jewish family. I grew up with the loving support of my parents, who encouraged me throughout my schooling and studies. In 1856, I passed my doctorate in medicine at the University of Vienna, which was then among the greatest institutions of learning in...