A3 Book section, Chapters in research books
Sharing and Other Illusions : Asymmetry in "Moments of Meeting" (2023)
Taipale, J. (2023). Sharing and Other Illusions : Asymmetry in "Moments of Meeting". In M. Englander, & S. Ferrarello (Eds.), Empathy and Ethics (pp. 285-306). Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. https://rowman.com/WebDocs/Rowman_Littlefield_Sharing_and_Other_Illusions_Joona_Taipale_OA.pdf
JYU authors or editors
Publication details
All authors or editors: Taipale, Joona
Parent publication: Empathy and Ethics
Parent publication editors: Englander, Magnus; Ferrarello, Susi
ISBN: 978-1-5381-5410-6
eISBN: 978-1-5381-5411-3
Publication year: 2023
Pages range: 285-306
Number of pages in the book: 544
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Place of Publication: Lanham
Publication country: United States
Publication language: English
Persistent website address: https://rowman.com/WebDocs/Rowman_Littlefield_Sharing_and_Other_Illusions_Joona_Taipale_OA.pdf
Publication open access: Openly available
Publication channel open access: Partially open access channel
Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/87099
Abstract
This chapter tackles the question of interpersonal understanding from the point of view of so-called “moments of meeting.” Coined by Daniel Stern and his colleagues, this term refers to specific and particularly intense experiential situations, where two (or more) persons attune to each other’s affective experiences, thus “cocreating” an experiential area that exists to these two individuals exclusively—a “shared private world,” as Stern puts it (Stern, 2004). While moments of meeting have attracted a lot of interest in research on psychotherapeutic change, clinical effectivity, and outcome, the usefulness of the concept in nonclinical discussions has been overlooked. The chapter fills in this lacuna by underlining the applicability of the concept of descriptions of everyday experiences of emotional sharing. The core argument is that moments of meeting have an asymmetric structure that complicates the structure of self-other relationships. By opening new perspectives to interpersonal understanding—its successes and shortcomings—this chapter contributes both to nonclinical and clinical discussions.
Keywords: illusions; encounter; human relations; experiences (knowledge); emotions; interaction; social interaction
Free keywords: interpersonal understanding; affect attunement; emotional sharing; reparation; mutuality; illusion; Daniel Stern; truth of solipsism
Contributing organizations
Ministry reporting: Yes
VIRTA submission year: 2023
JUFO rating: 2
