MODES OF THE UNCONSCIOUS

Internationale Konferenz: „Modes of the Unconscious”, 13.-14.10.2016
Hörsaal 14, Neue Universität, Universitätsplatz, 69117 Heidelberg; zum Lageplan hier
Wissenschaftliche Organisation: Prof. Dr. Dr. Thomas Fuchs (Heidelberg), Dr. Stefan Kristensen (Genf)

Tagungskonzept

Originally formulated in the work of Freud and developed in the frame of the psychoanalytic movement, the idea of the unconscious, as the alien moment or region in our subjective life, has become a topic in other traditions, such as phenomenology, aesthetic thinking and more recently also the cognitive neurosciences.

The conference Modes of the Unconscious aims to present and discuss some of the challenges faced by this complex notion. How should we represent the space of the unconscious – as a bodily phenomenon or as a feature of the “mind”? Should we imagine it as an inner theatre of representations, as Freud suggests, or as a factory, as Deleuze and Guattari propose? How should we imagine the boundary between consciousness and the unconscious – as a leap or as a continuous passage? According to the answer to these questions, the very ontological status of the unconscious varies: is it a phenomenon one might study objectively, or does it remain an irreducible part of the subjective? And finally, how shall we understand the relation between the individual and the collective unconscious? How to assess the role of culture and cultural productions in the shaping of unconscious processes?

Both international lecturers and international participants will bring their particular disciplinary perspectives on to these questions, and help drawing a broad picture on the topic. The contemporary situation in psychiatry, philosophy and aesthetics indeed invites to organizing such an encounter, since there seems to be a new openness towards dialogue across the disciplinary boundaries which we also want to stimulate.

Informationen zum Kongress

Programm

Video-Aufzeichnungen der Vorträge auf dem Youtube-Kanal der DGAP