Rethinking human relatedness in psychoanalysis: a Heideggerian perspective
Rethinking human relatedness in psychoanalysis: a Heideggerian perspective

Summary/Abstract: The paper aims to examine the concept of human relatedness in psychoanalytic research in light of the Martin Heidegger’s phenomenology of human being and the Daseins analytic movement influenced by his thought. It first addresses the significance and the conceptual basis of the so-called interpersonal-relational shift in psychoanalysis. Then, different dimensions of human relatedness will be illustrated based on Heidegger’s insights into the nature of man’s existence. Marking Heidegger’s distinction between our being-in-relationship-to the beings and the fundamental being-in-relationship-to the understanding of being is of great importance in this regard. Finally, it will be shown that, though the interpersonal-relational approach in psychoanalysis can be considered in harmony with Heidegger’s emphasis on the relational character of human being in certain aspects, it can itself be under criticism from a Heideggerian perspective.

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