Cologne, 15 April 1997
Michael Staples writes:
>>As you suggested, I finally managed to lay my hands on some of Boss' work.
Just finished Psycho. & Daseinsanalysis, and enjoyed it very much. I was
left with a kind of scrunchy feeling, though, revolving around what seems to
be (and I'm struggling a bit for the right words here) a kind of rigid set
of presuppositions or judgements. Boss seems quite judgemental on some
levels. He apparently equates psychopathologies (a term he seems to accept
readily) to unevolved, childish ways of relating. He equates his own grown
up way of relating as healthy and admirable... something he needs to guide
other toward. I found this a bit on the distastful side and was wondering if
this is a common philosophical premise for Heideggerians in general?<<
Yeah, I know what you mean. I read Psycho. & Daseinsanalysis about twelve years
ago and it didn't make much impression on me.
There's this annoying idea in Boss that successful living is a matter of
enriching existence by unfolding possibilities, a kind of capital accumulation.
Maybe therapy is an impossible profession.
Nevertheless, his later book on dreaming _Es traeumte mir vergangene Nacht_
impressed me very much because it gets across the idea of various modes of
presencing in a lucid way. It's a bit like tutorial exercises, written for
unwitting psychotherapists.
But the _Zollikon Seminars_ is probably the best source. It's very sketchy, but
has a lot of philosophical meat.
Cheers,
Michael
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