On The Phenomenon Of Enttäuschung: A Rejoinder To Roy Schafer’s Psychoanalytic Formulation Of ‘Disappointment’ And ‘Disappointedness’
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https://doi.org/10.65828/8phevf31Keywords:
Enttäuschung, disappointment, disillusionment, JaspersAbstract
This paper re-examines psychoanalytic formulations of disappointment. Using the philosophical insights of Karl Jaspers, I propose that existential analysis could more usefully focus on the phenomenon of Enttäuschung (disillusionment), the client's confrontation with the reality of situations and the adoption of their attitude towards this.
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