Kawai Toshio
Kyoto, Japan.
J Anal Psychol. 2006 Jun;51(3):437-50. doi: 10.1111/j.0021-8774.2006.00601.x.
Modern consciousness is a cultural and historical achievement in the West and a developmental task for each person now. Modern consciousness consists in the emancipation from the power of community, animistic nature and the unconscious. It is connected with neurosis and psychotherapy because it has to do with inner conflicts. But today there is an increasing number of cases which are characterized by dissociation and acting out, without the feeling of conflicts. Consciousness seems to be changing toward a new conception which might be called 'postmodern consciousness'. The essence of postmodern consciousness is shown by interpreting two dreams internally. The first dream from a case of depersonalization indicates that it is not necessary to be entangled with the object. There is a different kind of coniunctio in the mode of seeing. The second dream from a case of dissociative disorder shows a world which has neither traces of pre-modern cosmology-high and low, here and the beyond-nor modern interiority. There is only surface and self-reflection without content. The discussion of dreams suggests that postmodern consciousness is not to be understood as premature and pathological. It is therapeutically important to refine and deepen postmodern consciousness.
现代意识是西方的一种文化和历史成就，也是当今每个人的一项发展任务。现代意识在于从群体、泛灵论的自然以及无意识的力量中解放出来。它与神经症和心理治疗相关，因为它涉及内心冲突。但如今，越来越多的案例表现为解离和付诸行动，却没有冲突感。意识似乎正朝着一种可能被称为“后现代意识”的新概念转变。后现代意识的本质通过对两个梦进行内在解读得以展现。第一个梦来自一例人格解体案例，表明无需与客体纠缠。在看待方式上存在一种不同类型的结合。第二个梦来自一例解离性障碍案例，呈现出一个既没有前现代宇宙观（高低、此岸与彼岸）痕迹，也没有现代内在性的世界。只有表面和没有内容的自我反思。对梦的讨论表明，后现代意识不应被理解为早熟和病态的。提炼和深化后现代意识在治疗上具有重要意义。
