Abstract on “The Bodily Unconscious in Freud’s Three Essays ”
The article, “The Bodily Unconscious in Freud’s Three Essays,” acts as a continuance on Freud’s theory of the unconscious. The author, John Russon, defends Freud’s theory, expands, and gives his own criticisms. The article is broken down into four sections pertaining to The Body as a Prototype for the Real, The Family as a Category of Experience, The Unconscious Desire of the Other, and Objectivity and Method. Throughout the piece Russon makes a great point to link the unconscious to phenomenology. The first section goes on to analyze the how the the infantile body and it’s sensitivities are carried by the unconscious into adulthood. Bodily sensitivities are innate and cause the infant to gain experience. Russon gives an example to how a child does not experience milk, but through the …show more content…
Freud states that a child gains knowledge is when he/she masters their anal gland. Russon finds that mastery and resistance are not adequate in relating to an instance of gaining knowledge. Though a child masters his/her bowel movements, this does not account for the child gaining knowledge because the child does not go through this process objectively. Freud finds that people find reality in the world due to resistance from society for pursuing desires and resistance placed upon by parents. Russon believes that phenomenology is the key to gaining knowledge through experience. This knowledge is gained through the connecting the one’s own experience, to another’s experience, to find “universality within subjectivity.” Overall Russon gave relative insight to Freud’s theory of the unconscious, and made points that gave greater understanding through the theory. Russon may have had some criticisms in addressing Freud, but that was necessary in expanding the scope of the
The article, “The Bodily Unconscious in Freud’s Three Essays,” acts as a continuance on Freud’s theory of the unconscious. The author, John Russon, defends Freud’s theory, expands, and gives his own criticisms. The article is broken down into four sections pertaining to The Body as a Prototype for the Real, The Family as a Category of Experience, The Unconscious Desire of the Other, and Objectivity and Method. Throughout the piece Russon makes a great point to link the unconscious to phenomenology. The first section goes on to analyze the how the the infantile body and it’s sensitivities are carried by the unconscious into adulthood. Bodily sensitivities are innate and cause the infant to gain experience. Russon gives an example to how a child does not experience milk, but through the …show more content…
Freud states that a child gains knowledge is when he/she masters their anal gland. Russon finds that mastery and resistance are not adequate in relating to an instance of gaining knowledge. Though a child masters his/her bowel movements, this does not account for the child gaining knowledge because the child does not go through this process objectively. Freud finds that people find reality in the world due to resistance from society for pursuing desires and resistance placed upon by parents. Russon believes that phenomenology is the key to gaining knowledge through experience. This knowledge is gained through the connecting the one’s own experience, to another’s experience, to find “universality within subjectivity.” Overall Russon gave relative insight to Freud’s theory of the unconscious, and made points that gave greater understanding through the theory. Russon may have had some criticisms in addressing Freud, but that was necessary in expanding the scope of the