Binswanger Flashcards
binswanger’s theory
existential psychology
existential psychology views human person as ____, ___ and continually ____ towards a future state of fulfillment
- ongoing
- changing
- striving
“being there”
dasein
dynamic state, a continual process, the state of being something not yet realized
dasein
empirical science of human existence that employs the method of phenomenological analysis
existential psychology
basis of existential psychology
philosophical concept of man
translated as existence
dasein
psychotherapy approach of Edmund Hussere and Martin Heidegger
Dasein Analysis
particular point in time as well as space of one’s existence
“there”
three modes of world (structures of personality)
- umwelt
- mitwelt
- eigenwelt
“world around”
umwelt
“with the world”
mitwelt
“own world”
eigenwelt
- non personal
- includes the biological drives, needs and instincts of the individual
umwelt
includes the meaning of the world of fellow beings or the meaning of a person’s relationship with others
mitwelt
- mode of relationship with one’s self identity
- not restricted to the inner subjective world but includes one’s subjective reactions to the world at large
eigenwelt
not accepted by existentialists
genetic explanation
- centering upon the existing person
- emphasizes the living immediacy of experience as the individual lives it
existentialism
