Existential analytic understanding of emotion: theory and practice

• Main Author: Alfried Längle
• Format: Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: Lomonosov Moscow State University 2015-03-01
• Series: Nacionalʹnyj Psihologičeskij Žurnal
• Subjects: existential analysis; theory of emotions; emotional sphere; affectability; variableness; life integrity
• Online Access: http://npsyj.ru/pdf/npj-no17-2015/npj_no17_2015_26-38.pdf

The paper gives a brief introduction to existential analysis (EA). It briefly describes how to develop this phenomenological approach and its main provisions. The emotion is deemed as a specific perception of a meaningful life. Emotionality plays a significant role in the existential analysis of anthropology and practice. The former one is the cornerstone of existence, and takes its place among the other three measurements in the existential theory of the EA. The paper presents a phenomenological description of the four-step process of the emotion emergence. It shows how during this process vitality is stimulated, so emotions are important to humans. This is an existential analytic theory of emotions, which explains the importance of the EA practice of affection feeling (fühlen) and intuitive feeling (sense, i.e. spüren). The first is related to human life and the need for the detection values, the second one is related to the authenticity and ethics. In this pater, we consider the difference between the affect and the emotion. In the last three paragraphss theyform of emotional dysfunction is fiscribed, some of the studies in this area and the main elements of emotional and affective therapy.