Abstract

MOREIRA, Virgínia; CRUZ, Ana Vládia Holanda  and  VASCONCELOS, Luciana Ballespi. O caso Ellen West de Binswanger: fenomenologia clínica de uma existência inautêntica. Rev. Mal-Estar Subj. [online]. 2005, vol.5, n.2, pp.382-396. ISSN 1518-6148.

This article aims to discuss a classic clinical case of Phenomenology - Ellen West's - which is here described and analyzed using Binswanger's theoretical principles applied to psychopathology. The concepts of Umwelt, Mitwelt and Eigenwelt are analyzed, as well as corporality and temporality as constitutive of an inauthentic existence. Finally, it seeks to understand these concepts in the context of Elle West's case.

Keywords : Binswanger; Ellen West; temporality; corporality; inauthentic existence.

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