A1 Journal article (refereed)
A Phenomenological Investigation of the Experiential Features of Trauma (2024)

Hovila, T.-M. (2024). A Phenomenological Investigation of the Experiential Features of Trauma. Journal of Phenomenological Psychology, 55(1), 89-107. https://doi.org/10.1163/15691624-20241356

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Publication details

All authors or editors: Hovila, Tiia-Mari

Journal or series: Journal of Phenomenological Psychology

ISSN: 0047-2662

eISSN: 1569-1624

Publication year: 2024

Publication date: 03/05/2024

Volume: 55

Issue number: 1

Pages range: 89-107

Publisher: Brill

Publication country: Netherlands

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/15691624-20241356

Publication open access: Not open

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Abstract

This article examines the experience of trauma, paying particular attention to how traumatization affects one’s sense of body, time, and intersubjectivity. Furthermore, this study provides one example of how literature can be used in phenomenological research. Using both classical and contemporary phenomenological sources and deepening the analysis by discussing a first-person description by Marguerite Duras, the article aims to clarify one crucial aspect of traumatic experience: trauma alters experiential features so that the relation between traumatic past and present becomes rigid.

Keywords: psychopathology; traumas (mental objects); intersubjectivity

Free keywords: trauma; psychopathology; rigidity; Maurice Merleau-Ponty; Matthew Ratcliffe; Marguerite Duras

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Ministry reporting: Yes

VIRTA submission year: 2024

Preliminary JUFO rating: 1