General Instability Theory Flashcards
The Primary Affects
delight, alarm, awe
The Instabilities
po’a, h’ish, t’, x’i
po’a
the representation of experience is always incomplete
h’ish
the representation of experience is always inexact
t’
the representation of experience is always inaccurate
x’i
the representation of experience is always intermittent
Organisimic Cycle
Notice, Feel, Animate, Express
notice the Other in some aspect; sensing a stimuli; start of organisimic/recursive cycle
noticing
internal response to what was noticed (includes emotional and cognitive reactions that body experiences)
feeling
reaction of the body to what was felt; preparation for action or response
animating
communication back to the Other; response with intent to be noticed
expressing
Our construction/representation of the world begins with the perception of _____, out of which emerge ________
difference/distinction; repeating elements
Once we identify difference, _________ arises, constituting _______
preference; desire
______is about proximity in space of time or person
territory
Fundamental Territories (5)
space, time, identity, substance, reality
here, present, self, body, reality
Objective or substantial experience
there, past/future, other, mind, imagination
transcendent experience
Transcendent territories
imagination, dreamworld, playspace, psychosis, sacred/liminal spaces
The fundamental phenomenology of territory is ______
possession
_____is the act of maintaining territory against instability and invasions of being; the attempt to diminish po’a, h’ish, t’, and x’i
Power
The repetitions of difference, preference, and territory, with their expressions of discrepancy, desire, and possession, respectively, lead to _______
history
History
the establishment, decay, and disruption of territories over time
nascent
not yet born
emergent
arising
shared constructions of the world
difference, preference, territories, histories
wobble of the world is reduced, simplified, and clarified
static equilibrium
instability is mastered through complex, active, relational means
dynamic equilibrium
aim to decrease movement and degrees of freedom in the environment; leads to restriction/withdrawal; advantage of clarity
static equilibrium
attains stability by learning how to maintain balance in response to challenges from the environment
dynamic equilibrium
