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The Affective Core Self

The Role of the Unconscious and Retroactivity in Self-Constitution

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Authors:
  1. Lajos Horváth

    1. Department of Philosophy, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary

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  • Compares Husserl's retroactive constitution to Freud's retroactive trauma
  • Completes the phenomenological idea of retroactive constitution
  • Contributes to the multidimensional analysis of the self

Part of the book series: Contributions to Phenomenology (CTPH, volume 130)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. Consciousness and the Self

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Consciousness and the Self

      • Lajos Horváth
      Pages 3-36

    3. The Narrative Self and the Minimal Self

      • Lajos Horváth
      Pages 37-86

  3. Varieties of the Phenomenological Unconscious

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 87-87
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    2. The Unconscious in Psychoanalysis and Phenomenology

      • Lajos Horváth
      Pages 89-117

    3. Body Memory and the Unconscious

      • Lajos Horváth
      Pages 119-135

  4. Psychopathology and the Minimal Self

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 137-137
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    2. Phenomenological Psychiatry of Schizophrenia

      • Lajos Horváth
      Pages 139-166

  5. The Unconscious and the Minimal Self

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 167-167
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    2. Time-Consciousness and Affective Identity

      • Lajos Horváth
      Pages 169-219

    3. The Affective Core Self and Affective Identity

      • Lajos Horváth
      Pages 221-238

    4. Summary and Conclusions

      • Lajos Horváth
      Pages 239-242

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 243-256
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About this book

This book extends the contemporary concept of the minimal self by introducing the affective core self. The overall aim is to integrate certain psychoanalytical ideas into the phenomenological investigation of passivity and reformulate the idea of the phenomenological unconscious. This volume contributes to the multidimensional analysis of the self by positioning the affective core self between the layers of the more minimal and the less minimal self. It underscores the importance of the unconscious in the constitution of the affective core self by providing the comparative analysis of the phenomenological and the psychoanalytical unconscious.


Furthermore, comparisons are drawn between Freud’s conception of the afterwardsness of trauma and the phenomenological notion of retroactive sense-constitution. The book concludes that retroactive sense-making is a double-sided phenomenon and differentiates between implicit-bodily and conscious-narrative retroactive sense-constitution. In order to bolster the idea of implicit-bodily sense-constitution the volume also examines and utilizes contemporary insights on the nature of body memory. The conclusion claims that the affective core self is constituted in time by means of the underlying processes of the two-sided retroactive sense-constitution. This text appeals to students and researchers working in phenomenology and philosophy of mind.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Philosophy, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary

    Lajos Horváth

About the author

Lajos Horváth is an assistant professor at the institute of philosophy of the University of Debrecen. His current research focuses on the relationship between phenomenology and psychoanalysis. His work and recently published papers are supported by the János Bolyai Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (BO/00189/21/2) and by the No. K 138745 project of the Hungarian Scientific Research Fund.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Affective Core Self

  • Book Subtitle: The Role of the Unconscious and Retroactivity in Self-Constitution

  • Authors: Lajos Horváth

  • Series Title: Contributions to Phenomenology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-56920-3

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-56919-7Published: 06 April 2024

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-56922-7Due: 11 May 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-56920-3Published: 03 April 2024

  • Series ISSN: 0923-9545

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-1915

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIII, 256

  • Topics: Phenomenology, Clinical Psychology, Philosophy of Mind

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