I was reminded this evening (in one of the psychotherapy groups I conduct) how helpful I find Freud’s concept “Nachträglichkeit”. This is translated in the English Standard Edition as ‘Deferred Action” but Laplanche more helpfully translates it as “apres-coup” or “afterwardsness”.
Afterwardsness
Freud’s concept “Nachträglichkeit“ is translated in the English Standard Edition as ‘deferred action” but Laplanche more helpfully translates it as “apres-coup” or “afterwardsness”.
Freud used this idea to think about the way our histories are constantly being revised in the light of current experience. Our histories are necessarily our experience of our histories and this may, and does, change in profound ways over the course of our lives.