A Brief Essay on the Alienated Self in the Degenerative Inner Space
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The phenomenon of alienation has many faces regarding its origin and mode. Conventionally, alienation has been thought as the byproduct of dehumanizing socio-economic or socio-political system. It has been widely understood as socio-pathological phenomenon of a structural absurdity or evil. Other than this, the philosophical or the theological discourse also has considered its relational aspect with the essence of human existence or with God. Alienation is an estrangement from human authenticity beyond the limitation of human existence. However, another aspect that we should not forget is that alienation also has psychological dimension reflecting concrete conditions of human existence. Regarding this psychological dimension of alienation, the metaphor of space provides us a conceptual framework that helps us understand the meaning of alienation. A group of psychologists, such as Erik H. Erikson, D. W. Winnicott, Heinz Kohut, Alice Miller, and Christopher Bollas, pay attention to the importance of intrapsychic space regarding human wellness. Through this metaphorical frame of space, we can understand alienation as an intrapsychically degenerative space where an individual loses its capacity of autonomy, self-actualization, aesthetic experience, and empathy.
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The phenomenon of alienation has many faces regarding its origin and mode. Conventionally, alienation has been thought as the byproduct of dehumanizing socio-economic or socio-political system. It has been widely understood as socio-pathological phenomenon of a structural absurdity or evil. Other than this, the philosophical or the theological discourse also has considered its relational aspect with the essence of human existence or with God. Alienation is an estrangement from human authenticity beyond the limitation of human existence. However, another aspect that we should not forget is that alienation also has psychological dimension reflecting concrete conditions of human existence. Regarding this psychological dimension of alienation, the metaphor of space provides us a conceptual framework that helps us understand the meaning of alienation. A group of psychologists, such as Erik H. Erikson, D. W. Winnicott, Heinz Kohut, Alice Miller, and Christopher Bollas, pay attention to the importance of intrapsychic space regarding human wellness. Through this metaphorical frame of space, we can understand alienation as an intrapsychically degenerative space where an individual loses its capacity of autonomy, self-actualization, aesthetic experience, and empathy.
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