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The Phenomenon of the Body and the “Hook” of Addiction

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This chapter outlines the existential roots of addiction; these originate from the structures of everydayness and harbor the possibility of an individual’s becoming victimized by the pursuit of his/her self-indulgences. In the process, we will describe how our simplest desires of the self’s in its embodiment can be exaggerated into “fetishes,” and thus cross over to form the “hook” of addiction.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    See Mitchell and Mohr 2011, pp. 19–23.

  2. 2.

    For one of the most graphic depictions of this problem, see Quinones 2015 (“Preface”).

  3. 3.

    See Schalow 2006, pp. 7–17.

  4. 4.

    Schalow 2006, pp. 1–9.

  5. 5.

    Heidegger 1991/1997, p. 198; tr. 138.

  6. 6.

    See Kemp 2009, pp. 1–18 .

  7. 7.

    Heidegger 1991/1997, pp. 134–141; tr. 94–99. Also see Schalow 2016, pp. 377–394.

  8. 8.

    Kant 1965, A 139 / B 178.

  9. 9.

    Kant 1951, pp. 23–29. Also see Schalow 2017, pp. 213–229 (esp. 222–226).

  10. 10.

    Merleau-Ponty 1961, pp. 174–197 .

  11. 11.

    Heidegger 1968, p. 9.

  12. 12.

    Heidegger 1982/1992, p.125; tr. 84.

  13. 13.

    Here Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s discussion of embodiment becomes instructive. See Steeves 2004, p. 119.

  14. 14.

    Derrida 2001, pp. 53–72.

  15. 15.

    For a discussion of the importance of gender in this regard, see K. Aho 2007, pp. 137–155.

  16. 16.

    GA 29/30, p. 496; tr. 342.

  17. 17.

    Marx 1963, pp. 216–217. Harrington 1967, p. 171.

  18. 18.

    Heidegger 1983/1995, pp. 509–511; tr. 350–351.

  19. 19.

    Heidegger 1977/1962, pp. 108–109; tr. 112–113.

  20. 20.

    Heidegger 1983/1995 pp. 268–269; tr. 188–189.

  21. 21.

    For a discussion of the importance of space as an element of Da-sein’s embodiment , see C. Cicoan 2008: 80. For an excellent account of Heidegger’s disinterest in addressing the problem of embodiment, see S. Overgaard 2004, pp. 116–131.

  22. 22.

    Agamben 1999, p. 204.

  23. 23.

    Heidegger 1978/1984, p. 173; tr. 137.

  24. 24.

    For further discussion, see Boss 1949, pp. 43–44 .

  25. 25.

    Heidegger 2001, pp., 80–81, 139, 200.

  26. 26.

    Dillon 1993, pp. 316–325. Also see Schalow 2006, pp. 60–64.

  27. 27.

    Heidegger 1991/1997, p. 269; tr. 189.

  28. 28.

    Boss 1949, pp. 145–146 .

  29. 29.

    Heidegger 1989/1999, p. 312; tr. 219.

  30. 30.

    GA 65, pp. 389–392; tr. 271–273.

  31. 31.

    For a discussion of this concept of “ontical craving ,” see Zimmerman 1995, pp. 501–523.

  32. 32.

    Heidegger 1977/1962, pp. 259–260; tr. 240. Also see Schalow 2006, pp. 24–26. See O’Connor 2016, p. 20 (“The word addiction means… to give over, dedicate, or surrender”).

  33. 33.

    Heidegger 1977/1962, pp. 51–52; tr. 63.

  34. 34.

    See Lawler 1992, p. 69.

  35. 35.

    We cannot go into further detail here into the intricacy of the relationship between human existence (Da-sein) and being. For further discussion, see Kovacs 2015 pp. 268–277 .

  36. 36.

    In this connection that will reappear later on our study in impact of a further affective dimension as a “seed” of addiction, what in a psychoanalytic context defined as “trauma”—as two related, albeit separate issues. See Stolorow 2011, pp. 8–17 and Hannush’s “Review” of this book, 2012, pp. 217–221.

  37. 37.

    See Schalow 2000, pp. 249–267.

  38. 38.

    Ricoeur 1978, p. 215 .

  39. 39.

    Radloff 2007, p. 204 (emphasis mine). Also see Radloff 2014, pp. 315–330.

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Schalow, F. (2017). The Phenomenon of the Body and the “Hook” of Addiction. In: Toward a Phenomenology of Addiction: Embodiment, Technology, Transcendence. Contributions To Phenomenology, vol 93. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66942-7_3

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