| This dissertation aims to show that Daseinsanalysis, a form of existential therapy conceived by Medard Boss (1979) and grounded in the hermeneutic phenomenology of Martin Heidegger (1962), is a viable alternative to conceptualizing 'mental disorders' in particular and human suffering in general. I first unpack Heidegger's hermeneutic phenomenology of yuch&d12; , pa&d12;qov , and lo&d12;gov in his 1924 Marburg lecture course, "Basic Concepts of Aristotelian Philosophy." As will be shown, the upshot of Heidegger's hermeneutic phenomenology is a (re)appropriation, via Aristotle, of the original and primordial phenomena, yuch&d12; , pa&d12;qov , and lo&d12;gov . I then describe how the primordial/original meaning of yuch&d12; , pa&d12;qov , and lo&d12;gov , integrated together, are taken up Daseinsanalytically to reveal a more fundamental way of articulating psychopathology. I discuss some of the implications that the (re)appropriated understanding of what I term psycho-patho-logy has for diagnosis and therapy. I conclude with exploring possibilities for further research. |
