state university of new york press the unconscious abyss hegels anticipation of psychoanalysis aug 2002

[...]... for the universal (PS § 450) The family is the locus of identification and the determinant stimulus for the internalization of value the Ideal As a result, it becomes the matrix affecting the i n t r od u c t i o n 5 deep structures of the unconscious and the organization of social life Yet for Hegel, the dialectical tensions organized within the unconscious of the individual and the collective unconscious. .. shall refer to as the primal domain of Unconscious Spirit The movement of subjective spirit has its genesis in the unconscious, that is, spirit originally manifests itself as the unconscious Without equivocation, the abyss is the birthplace of spirit Spirit has determined itself into the truth of the simple immediate totality of the soul and of consciousness The beginning of spirit is therefore nothing... on the te xts xv PH Philosophy of History, 3 Vols PM Philosophy of Mind, Vol 3 of the Encyclopaedia of the Philosophical Sciences PN Philosophy of Nature, Vol 2 of the Encyclopaedia of the Philosophical Sciences PR Philosophy of Right PS Phenomenology of Spirit RH Reason in History, the Introduction to the Lectures on the Philosophy of History SE Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of. .. which is present throughout the development of spirit By virtue of its unconscious ontology, the realm of the abyss is a central principle in the phenomenology of spirit Hegel gives most of his attention to the unconscious within the stage of presentation (Vorstellung), which belongs to the development of theoretical spirit He refers to a “nightlike abyss within which a world of infinitely numerous images... representational world within the night of the mind Therefore, as a general structure, the unconscious is aufgehoben For Hegel, the unconscious is pure process, a changing, flexible, and purposeful activity of becoming As the very foundation, structure, and organizing principles of the unconscious are informed by the movement of the dialectic, the architecture of the abyss is continually being reshaped... as “mine,” in the mode of personal identity Within this context, the unconscious is the subjective ground of the most primitive levels of individuality This pure or original consciousness, the formal “I,” resides within the realm of the abyss, outside our immediate self-conscious awareness of such activity.10 The soul becomes the formal paradigm for the ego of consciousness because the soul is already... intermediate faculty of spirit, surfacing between recollection and memory As Hegel noted in recollection, the content of intuition in its new form as image is “preserved” as 10 THE UNCONSCIOUS ABYSS “unconsciousness” (EG § 453) Therefore, images sleeping in the depths of the abyss can be called forth, related to an intuition, yet separated from both the abyss and intuition Thereby, the birth of the image for-us... to a sentient unconscious activity I believe the significance of the term abyss captures a broader range of meanings associated with unconscious processes and contents, which Hegel clearly specifies in both the Anthropology and the Psychology Furthermore, he uses the term unconscious (bewußtlos) when referring to both the abyss of the soul and the ego Finally, we must consider the impact of Hegel’s historical... on from one shape to the next Thus, the character of the unconscious is that of negativity and conflict: it is tempestuous, feral, powerful, and dynamic As such, the unconscious is the source of its own negativity as inversion and destruction pave the way of its progression forward There is a necessity in the dialectic that informs the internal structures of the abyss; that is, there is a certain determination... with the ground, scope, and range of the unconscious abyss and its manifestations in subjective spirit Hegel focuses his attention primarily on the role of the abyss in the recollection stage of theoretical spirit But by showing how it is anticipated in other parts of his philosophy, we will see that the unconscious plays a central role in his overall system Throughout the evolution of spirit, there . THE UNCONSCIOUS ABYSS SUNY SERIES IN HEGELIAN STUDIES WILLIAM DESMOND, EDITOR UNCONSCIOUS JON MILLS tHE UNCONSCIOUS aBYSS HEGEL’S ANTICIPATION OF PSYCHOANALYSIS State University of New York Press Published. York Press Published by State University of New York Press Albany © 2002 State University of New York All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this book may be used. ON THE TEXTS xiii INTRODUCTION 1 Unconsciousness and the Unconscious Unconscious Spirit and the Feeling Soul The Intelligence of the Abyss The Dialectical Structure of the Unconscious Hegel’s Theory