Behind, beneath, above, and beyond: the historical unconscious.

Full Abstract

The unconscious is more than a collection of intrapsychic and interpersonal variables. On a broader level, it reflects a complex, historically woven tapestry of moral and ethical values, beliefs, and assumptions. A particular historical context provides an experiential and interpretive template that conditions the boundary between what is conscious and unconscious. Beyond the scope of explicitly inherited values, beliefs, and assumptions is what the historical unconscious comprises. It lingers at the very edge of our conscious experience, behind, beneath, above, and beyond everything that is spoken or unspoken, enacted or restrained, imagined or suppressed.

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Author/s: Zeddies, Timothy J (TJ);

Affiliation: University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX, USA.

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Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: The Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis (J Am Acad Psychoanal), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2002-; vol 30 (issue 2) : pp 211-29; discussion 231-4

Dates: Created 2002/08/28; Completed 2003/01/28; Revised 2004/11/17;

PMID: 12197251, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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CommentIn: J Am Acad Psychoanal. 2002 Summer;30(2):235-40. (PMID: 12197252)

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