The Playground / metodologias

"Kant's idea that play is the antithesis of reason, that reason must triumph over imagination and philosophy and science over art, is a continual ghostly presence in Freud. The Kantian hierarchy fit well with Freud's scientific temperament. Science is ideally a discipline of remove, in fact, the scientists are supposed to vanish in the third person objectivity of the observation or experiment. The I/You dialectic may be an object of study, but it's not part of the epistemological drama. When the cure in question is one enacted through a form of dialogue: two people alone together in a room, the remove, what came to be called neutrality, is an insistence that dispassionate reason guide the analyst no matter how messy and wild, no matter what the doings on the tummelplatz become."

Siri Hustvedt: "Freud's Playground: Some Reflections on the Art and Science of Subjectivity and Intersubjectivity"

And... In the first person...
... assuming the givens of existence. Sharing experiences. Closeness. Self revelation on the part of the therapist. Breaking barriers. Confidence, humbleness and honesty.

Hustvedt e Damásio em conversa

Aqui

Narrativas

"What I'm saying is why one story and not another. This is really important. This is not a joke. I mean, the Cohen brothers can say, 'oh well we figure out the ending'. But why that story? Why any story? Theoretically one is completely free. What I am saying is that the constrictions on the story are essentially emotional, dream like, a fabula, that in some strange way pre exists. It's in the human being before the work of art even comes out. Because how do I know when I write something and I go, 'that's it!' ? That's right!? How the hell do I know? Because it's emotionally resonant for me." (minuto 1:00:01 +/-)
Siri Hustvedt

na mouche

"Being an outsider has disadvantages. I am unaffiliated with the institution that would stamp me with the impressive credentials other speakers offer up as proof of their years of toil. Their grants and postdocs and research centers and honors and generally auspicious status. Being an outsider has its advantages as well, however. In my case there is no question of advancement inside an institution. My motive is curiosity and nothing else. An abiding curiosity of what it means to be human."
Siri Hustvedt