Traumatic Retroactivity: The phenomenological significance of Freud’s retroactive trauma

Horváth, Lajos (2023) Traumatic Retroactivity: The phenomenological significance of Freud’s retroactive trauma. Philosophical Psychology. ISSN 0951-5089 (In Press)

	Text (A feltöltött fájl a lektori vélemények alapján javított és újra beküldött verzió) Traumatic retroactivity proof_2022.08.30..pdf - Draft Version Restricted to Repository staff only Download (426kB)
	Text LH-Traumatic_retroactivity_The_phenomenological_significance_of_Freuds_retroactive_trauma.pdf - Published Version Restricted to Registered users only Download (765kB)

Abstract

The paper is based on the assumption that retroactive trauma can enrich the phenomenological ideas of retroactivity and the phenomenological unconscious. The aim of the paper is to introduce the idea of traumatic retroactivity with the help of Freud’s retroactive trauma that relies on the afterwardsness of trauma (Nacthräglichkeit) and incorporates progressive and retrogressive movements in time. To accomplish this task, the paper will examine the similarities and differences between the phenomenology of retroactivity and retroactive trauma. The proposal of the paper is that the Freud’s retroactive trauma can be integrated into the phenomenological notion of traumatic retroactivity. Under the label of traumatic retroactivity, I will differentiate between retrospective narrative thinking and retroactive affective awakening. The former is a way of self-understanding, whereas the latter is closely related to the affective awakening of the past and tries to explain reoccurring memory traces which are important ingredients of Freud’s retroactive trauma. Finally, the paper proposes that the memory traces, on which retroactive trauma is based, can be integrated into Husserl’s unconscious, namely into the system of the affective past-horizon.

Actions (login required)

Edit Item