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| Published: December 31, 2020

Phenomenology and psychopathology

DIP: 18.01.109/20200804

DOI: 10.25215/0804.109

ABSTRACT

Founded as a philosophical movement in the early years of the 20th century by Edmund Husserl, phenomenology is the study of the structure of consciousness as experienced from the first person’s point of view whereas descriptive psychopathology, popularised by Karl Jaspers is a systemic study of abnormal experience. Present phenomenological psychopathology has gained new ground by emphasizing the roots of mental illness in the patients’ pre-reflective experience and the basic structures of consciousness such as self-awareness, embodiment, spatiality, temporality, intentionality, and inter-subjectivity, the salient features of which we attempt to explore here.

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Dr. Debasmita Dey @ deydebasmita2@gmail.com

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ISSN 2348-5396

ISSN 2349-3429

18.01.109/20200804

10.25215/0804.109

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Published in   Volume 08, Issue 4, October-December, 2020