Reflexivity and Fantasy Surprising Encounters From Interpretation to Interruption

This article sets out two psychoanalytically informed conceptions of fantasy as a resource for reflexivity in research. First is the fantasy as a defensive structure that distorts our perception of reality, and the use of the researcher’s affective responses as an interpretive tool. Second is the fa...

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Published inQualitative inquiry Vol. 22; no. 9; pp. 718 - 724
Main Author Lapping, Claudia
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.11.2016
Subjects
Mental disorders
Qualitative research
Reflexivity
interruption
language
fantasy
signifier
affect
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Summary:This article sets out two psychoanalytically informed conceptions of fantasy as a resource for reflexivity in research. First is the fantasy as a defensive structure that distorts our perception of reality, and the use of the researcher’s affective responses as an interpretive tool. Second is the fantasy as a signifying structure that constitutes the subject’s engagement in reality, foregrounding unconscious symbolic associations. These approaches are traced in the construction and analysis of interview data, exploring (a) a trajectory that interprets fantasy as a defense against difficult emotions, (b) the construction of free associations, and (c) symbolic material that disrupts the interpretation of fantasy as defense.
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ISSN:1077-8004
1552-7565
DOI:10.1177/1077800416658070