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R. D. Stolorow (2011). World, affectivity, trauma: Heidegger and post-Cartesian psychoanalysis. New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 121 pp., ISBN 978-0-415-89344-2, $19.95 (paper).

R. D. Stolorow (2011). World, affectivity, trauma: Heidegger and post-Cartesian psychoanalysis.... In the “Introduction” to his text, World, Affectivity, Trauma , Robert D. Stolorow states that the “aim of this book is to show how Heidegger’s (1927) existential philosophy enriches post-Cartesian psychoanalysis and how post-Cartesian psychoanalysis enriches Heidegger’s existential philosophy” (p. 1). Simply stated, Stolorow succeeds in this task admirably. There is, however, an initial methodological point upon which I wish to respectfully differ with Stolorow. The issue of contention appears in Chapter 2, “Heidegger’s Investigative Method in Being and Time .” In this section, Stolorow says, “In my view, it is Heidegger’s adoption of a contextualist interpretive perspective that makes possible the ‘radicalization of Husserl’s phenomenological method’ that Critchley . . . sees as Heidegger’s central contribution to philosophy” (p. 13). In my own humble view, Heidegger is simply bypassing, and thus turns a blind eye to, Husserl’s rich and rigorous phenomenological method and its important relevance for doing psychological research. Here I refer the reader to the work of Amedeo Giorgi, especially his latest work, The Descriptive Phenomenological Method in Psychology: A Modified Husserlian Approach (Giorgi, 2009). My contention is that such a modified phenomenological method is at the same time , as Stolorow puts it, “ http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Phenomenological Psychology Brill

R. D. Stolorow (2011). World, affectivity, trauma: Heidegger and post-Cartesian psychoanalysis. New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 121 pp., ISBN 978-0-415-89344-2, $19.95 (paper).

Journal of Phenomenological Psychology , Volume 42 (2): 217 – Jan 1, 2011

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Brill
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© Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Book Reviews
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0047-2662
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1569-1624
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10.1163/156916211X599771
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Abstract

In the “Introduction” to his text, World, Affectivity, Trauma , Robert D. Stolorow states that the “aim of this book is to show how Heidegger’s (1927) existential philosophy enriches post-Cartesian psychoanalysis and how post-Cartesian psychoanalysis enriches Heidegger’s existential philosophy” (p. 1). Simply stated, Stolorow succeeds in this task admirably. There is, however, an initial methodological point upon which I wish to respectfully differ with Stolorow. The issue of contention appears in Chapter 2, “Heidegger’s Investigative Method in Being and Time .” In this section, Stolorow says, “In my view, it is Heidegger’s adoption of a contextualist interpretive perspective that makes possible the ‘radicalization of Husserl’s phenomenological method’ that Critchley . . . sees as Heidegger’s central contribution to philosophy” (p. 13). In my own humble view, Heidegger is simply bypassing, and thus turns a blind eye to, Husserl’s rich and rigorous phenomenological method and its important relevance for doing psychological research. Here I refer the reader to the work of Amedeo Giorgi, especially his latest work, The Descriptive Phenomenological Method in Psychology: A Modified Husserlian Approach (Giorgi, 2009). My contention is that such a modified phenomenological method is at the same time , as Stolorow puts it, “

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Published: Jan 1, 2011

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