The other in the self : Possession, trance, and related phenomena
Cardeña, Etzel LU
; Schaffler, Yvonne
and van Duijl, Marjolein
(2023)
p.421-432
- Abstract
- The experience of one’s identity being substituted by that of some entity from within or without challenges basic Western premises about the self. One of them is that we have a single, discrete identity or self that cannot be replaced by external influences, spiritual or otherwise. A related premise is that our conscious self owns and controls our body and mental life. A myriad of perspectives can be brought to bear on this issue – from philosophical analyses of selfhood and identity to neurocognitive explanations of agency. Here, we limit our analysis to the domain of possession/trance phenomena (PTP) and to whether they can be characterized as dissociative. In doing so, we will describe features that distinguish pathological from... (More)
- The experience of one’s identity being substituted by that of some entity from within or without challenges basic Western premises about the self. One of them is that we have a single, discrete identity or self that cannot be replaced by external influences, spiritual or otherwise. A related premise is that our conscious self owns and controls our body and mental life. A myriad of perspectives can be brought to bear on this issue – from philosophical analyses of selfhood and identity to neurocognitive explanations of agency. Here, we limit our analysis to the domain of possession/trance phenomena (PTP) and to whether they can be characterized as dissociative. In doing so, we will describe features that distinguish pathological from non-pathological PTP and will review the various explanations for it. (Less)
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- author
- Cardeña, Etzel
LU
; Schaffler, Yvonne
and van Duijl, Marjolein
- organization
- publishing date
- 2023
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- dissociation, trance, spirit possession
- host publication
- Dissociation and the dissociative disorders: Past, present, future.
- edition
- 2nd
- pages
- 421 - 432
- publisher
- Routledge
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85138848231
- ISBN
- 9781003057314
- DOI
- 10.4324/9781003057314-32
- language
- English
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title = {{The other in the self : Possession, trance, and related phenomena}},
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