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Psychology of Tragedy: A Phenomenological Analysis

Psychology of Tragedy: A Phenomenological Analysis Psychology of Tragedy: A Phenomenological Analysis* ROBERT A. CARRERE On first thought the subject of tragedy appears to be a topic for literary and not scientific discussion. Yet since the tragoidia, the cultural and religious drama of fifth-century Greece, the term tragedy has taken on broader meaning. It has crept into the language of everyday experience, and with Nietzsche's The Birth of Tragedy it has achieved conceptual status in the field of philosophy. Within psychology, an intimate relationship between theatrical tragedy and psychoanalytic theory begins as Freud (1900/1953) recognizes a remarkable parallel between human desire, on the one hand, and Sophocles' Oedipus Rex, on the other. In using an ancient Greek play to capture what he believes to be the essential dynamic in human development, Freud faces us with the implication that psycho- logical maturation is tragic. The psychological literature dealing explicitly with tragedy is scarce and entirely psychoanalytic in its focus. On the one hand we have Freud's viewpoint which is synonymous with his classical understanding of human nature, and on the other we have the ideas of analysts writing within the framework of psychoanalysis as a process of observation and intuition (Green, 1979; Horney, 1950; Kohut, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Phenomenological Psychology Brill

Psychology of Tragedy: A Phenomenological Analysis

Carrere, Robert A.
Journal of Phenomenological Psychology , Volume 20 (2): 105 – Jan 1, 1989
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© 1989 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0047-2662
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Psychology of Tragedy: A Phenomenological Analysis* ROBERT A. CARRERE On first thought the subject of tragedy appears to be a topic for literary and not scientific discussion. Yet since the tragoidia, the cultural and religious drama of fifth-century Greece, the term tragedy has taken on broader meaning. It has crept into the language of everyday experience, and with Nietzsche's The Birth of Tragedy it has achieved conceptual status in the field of philosophy. Within psychology, an intimate relationship between theatrical tragedy and psychoanalytic theory begins as Freud (1900/1953) recognizes a remarkable parallel between human desire, on the one hand, and Sophocles' Oedipus Rex, on the other. In using an ancient Greek play to capture what he believes to be the essential dynamic in human development, Freud faces us with the implication that psycho- logical maturation is tragic. The psychological literature dealing explicitly with tragedy is scarce and entirely psychoanalytic in its focus. On the one hand we have Freud's viewpoint which is synonymous with his classical understanding of human nature, and on the other we have the ideas of analysts writing within the framework of psychoanalysis as a process of observation and intuition (Green, 1979; Horney, 1950; Kohut,

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Published: Jan 1, 1989

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