Human despair in Kierkegaard and contributions to Psychology

Authors

  • Cristine Monteiro Mattar Universidade Federal Fluminense
  • Ana Maria Lopez Calvo Feijoo UERJ

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v20i1.32004

Keywords:

Kierkegaard, despair, Psychology

Abstract

This article presents one of the works by the philosopher Sören Kierkegaard signed by the charac-ter
Anti-Climacus. It opens with a critique to the speculation of knowledge that is away from concrete reality
and bears no implication to life. The task of the psychologist, according to Anti-Climacus, would be to
detect the despair, as well as the doctor detects the presence of the organ-ic disease in the patient who
states he is well. There are ‘ways of subjectivation’, described in the work, either in the consciousness or
unconciousness of having a self, in the emprisonment to what is temporal in prejudice of what is eternal,
in the forgetfulness of the necessary in favor of the possible or vice-versa. It aims at showing the actuality
of studying this work to the psychologist.

Author Biographies

Cristine Monteiro Mattar, Universidade Federal Fluminense

Professora Adjunto I do Departamento de Psicologia da UFF, setor de clínica. Supervisora do Estágio em Clínica do SPA, pesquisadora na área de psicologia fenomenológico-existencial.

Ana Maria Lopez Calvo Feijoo, UERJ

Professora do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia Social da UERJ, Supervisora do SPA, pesquisadora na área de psicologia fenomenológico-existencial.

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Published

2016-12-15

How to Cite

Mattar, C. M., & Feijoo, A. M. L. C. (2016). Human despair in Kierkegaard and contributions to Psychology. Interação Em Psicologia, 20(1). https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v20i1.32004

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 1 (2016)

Section

Theoretical or Historical Studies

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