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Commentary on “Behind, Beneath, Above, and Beyond: The Historical Unconscious,” by Timothy J. Zeddies

Commentary on “Behind, Beneath, Above, and Beyond: The Historical Unconscious,” by Timothy J.... Althea J. Horner First I must confess that when I see the word "hermeneutics" I want to run the other way. I know I am about to be inundated by a sea of words that are assumed to mean the same for us all. Yet, such an assumption will inevitably be false inasmuch as these words are densely packed signifiers. The very elegance of the language leads us to believe that actual verities of the human condition are being bestowed upon our eager minds. We seek to comprehend the explanations that unfortunately may take us further and further from the raw data of clinical experience into the stratosphere of ideas run amok. This said, I think Dr. Zeddies's article is scholarly and elegantly constructed as well as challenging and thought provoking. I determined to extract from it that which would be meaningful for me. That means its usefulness for me will be determined by the degree of fit of its concepts with my own personal cognitive mass. My understanding will surely be deepened and enhanced, but always within the realm of my own reality, at least to the extent that these concepts are not alien to that reality. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis & Dynamic Psychiatry Guilford Press

Commentary on “Behind, Beneath, Above, and Beyond: The Historical Unconscious,” by Timothy J. Zeddies

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1546-0371
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10.1521/jaap.30.2.233.21959
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Althea J. Horner First I must confess that when I see the word "hermeneutics" I want to run the other way. I know I am about to be inundated by a sea of words that are assumed to mean the same for us all. Yet, such an assumption will inevitably be false inasmuch as these words are densely packed signifiers. The very elegance of the language leads us to believe that actual verities of the human condition are being bestowed upon our eager minds. We seek to comprehend the explanations that unfortunately may take us further and further from the raw data of clinical experience into the stratosphere of ideas run amok. This said, I think Dr. Zeddies's article is scholarly and elegantly constructed as well as challenging and thought provoking. I determined to extract from it that which would be meaningful for me. That means its usefulness for me will be determined by the degree of fit of its concepts with my own personal cognitive mass. My understanding will surely be deepened and enhanced, but always within the realm of my own reality, at least to the extent that these concepts are not alien to that reality.

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Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis & Dynamic Psychiatry – Guilford Press

Published: Jun 1, 2002

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