Abstract
By articulating psychoanalysis and Merleau-Ponty’s phenomenology, this article traces a possible path towards a notion of experience. Experience, whether based on the problems raised by contemporary psychoanalysis (limit states) or on phenomenology, does not belong to a subject; rather, it includes an opening to the world. Based on certain notions and interpretations by different authors in psychoanalysis, we sought paths that allow a shift from an idealistic or objectivist position. Following Winnicott’s propositions, we highlight three axes as central hypotheses to define experience: corporeality, time, and sense. Finally, we question whether experience can be conceived as a concept for contemporary psychoanalysis.
Keywords:
psychoanalysis; phenomenology; experience