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Contexts of “Alexignosia”
Author(s) -
Angueli Daniella
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international journal of applied psychoanalytic studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.314
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 1556-9187
pISSN - 1742-3341
DOI - 10.1002/aps.1578
Subject(s) - unconscious mind , formative assessment , context (archaeology) , perspective (graphical) , psychology , subject (documents) , epistemology , function (biology) , psychoanalysis , social psychology , developmental psychology , philosophy , history , pedagogy , archaeology , artificial intelligence , evolutionary biology , biology , library science , computer science
“Alexignosia” is a term that I introduce in order to describe a severe disruption in the desire for knowledge and the process of thought. Even though it often resembles a subject's defensive refusal to invest in objects of knowledge, in essence it hides a partial or total abolition of the function of thinking. According to my view, alexignosia originates in the context of the first caregivers' during the formative years of a child's life; a context consisting of discourses, attitudes, paradoxical injunctions, and unconscious desires, all of which are usually marked with some of psychotic aspects of parents. In this article I will first present how the thought and desire for knowledge is developed, basing my theoretical perspective on the work of French psychoanalyst, Piera Aulagnier. Secondly, I will refer to selected clinical cases, so I can describe certain types of alexignosia and the respective parental contexts that lead the child to such a psychological response.