Trauma and Phenomenology
Eidos. A Journal for Philosophy of Culture February 4, 2020 Peer reviewed DOI: 10.26319/4716 via DOAJ
Summary
This theoretical paper proposes an integrative approach to understanding trauma by combining subjective (micro)phenomenological descriptions with empirical neurophysiological data. It challenges the established model of surprise as shock-rupture and its associated structures of attention (open awaiting) and emotion (perduring resonance). The aim is to renew understanding of the blank lived experience of trauma and the passive preconscious dynamics of traumatism, potentially generating therapeutic effects.
Study at a glance
| Design | theoretical or philosophical paper |
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| Key finding | The paper argues for a new understanding of trauma by integrating microphenomenological subjective experiences with empirical neuro and physiological data, challenging the existing model of surprise as shock-rupture. |
Abstract
The phenomenology of trauma is a historical, epistemological, and methodic inquiry that wishes to test the validity of an already settled dynamic model of surprise as shock-rupture based on its correlated inner structures of attention (as an open awaiting) and emotion (as a perduring resonance). Thanks to an integrative approach, crossing (micro)phenomenological subjective experiences and empirical (neuro and physiological) data, we hope to renew the understanding of the blank lived experience of trauma and the passive preconscious dynamics of traumatism, as well as to generate possible therapeutic effects.