R. D. Laing Flashcards
What was Laing known for?
Existential-Phenomenological Analysis of personality
What did David Rosenhan do?
Pseudo patient studies
What did Thomas Szasz do
Claimed that mentally ill are not medically ill: mental illness is a myth
Define the embodied self
We consider ourselves both objects and subjects
In a healthy individual, what two aspects are interchangeable, and the last is separate?
self and body interchangeable, “other’ is separate
Define embodiment
life begins and ends where body begins and ends
What is the unembodied self?
self consciousness turned inwards: split between inner and external
In unembodied state, what what two aspects are interchangeable, and what is separate?
self is separate, body and other are interchangeable
What happens to perception of body in extreme circumstances?
body perceived as outside shell, just another object in the world
Define ontological insecurity
feeling one is threatened by non-being
What are the three modes of ontological insecurity?
Engulfment, implosion, and petrification
Define engulfment (a mode of ontological insecurity)
loss of identity
Define implosion (a mode of ontological insecurity)
Vacuum of an empty life
Define petrification (a mode of ontological insecurity)
Doubt of being alive
What are the three separations in schizophrenics?
inner self, false self, other
