Expiation,Substitution and Surrender: Levinasian Implications for Psychotherapy |
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Authors: | Alvin Dueck David Goodman |
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Institution: | (1) School of Psychology, Fuller Theological Seminary, 180 N. Oakland, Pasadena, CA 91101, USA;(2) Adjunct Faculty in the Psychology Department at Azusa Pacific University, PO Box 7000, Azusa, CA 91702-7000, USA |
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Abstract: | This essay will build on Emmanuel Levinas’s rejection of ontology as foundational and draw out the implications for psychotherapy.
We will explore Levinas’s concept of substitution (in both his more Jewish writings and his philosophical treatises) and consider
its meaning in relationship to the role of a psychotherapist. Levinas understands the Other as a calling for substitution
of the self and of a taking on of responsibility. We explore the notion of surrender in the work of the psychoanalyst Emmanuel
Ghent and argue that his position is ultimately lacking in ethical injunction; requiring nothing of the self in relationship
to the Other. It remains within the confines of the conventional, self-reflexive models that Levinas critiques. Following
Levinas, we suggest that the therapist bear the burden of ethical responsibility by being exposed to the client’s ethical
call and by responding out of a kenotic self-emptying.
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Keywords: | Levinas Ethics Substitution Psychotherapy Enlightenment Modernity |
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