The Striving for Unboundedness and Its Impact on Psychoanalytic Treatment

  • Particularly due to technical innovations, we are witnessing an unbounding of reality that increasingly is reflected in an inner striving to get rid of the limitations and boundaries of our own personality by reconstructing it anew. This pursuit of de-limitation, dissolution and blurring of boundaries is seen as a central character trait of the Ego-oriented social character. Such a fabrication of a limitless per-sonality doubtless results in a weakening of such psychic abilities as experiencing one’s self as a consistent and ambiguous entity, being emotionally attached to oneself and to others, feeling one’s own strivings, affects and emotions, and being guided by one’s internalized norms and values. Lastly, the impact of this character formation is discussed in regard to clinical and therapeutic issues.

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Author:Rainer Funk
Parent Title (English):Fromm Forum (English Edition – ISSN 1437-1189), 17 / 2013, Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 22-28.
Series (Serial Number):Fromm Forum (English edition / englische Ausgabe) (e17/2013c)
Document Type:Articles
Language:English
Year of first Publication:2013
Release Date:2014/01/28
Volume:e17/2013c
Format:PDF-file upon request / PDF-Datei auf Anfrage
IdNo:Funk_R_2013c
Writings about Erich Fromm (Secondary Literature):Articles / Artikel
Erich Fromm's Library and Erich Fromm Archive:Articles / Artikel
International Erich Fromm Society's Writings:Articles / Artikel
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