Toward a Phenomenology of the Anxious Body. (360G-Wellcome-103308_Z_13_Z)

The proposed activity consists of spending 3 months at the cole normale Sup rieure, Paris where the applicant will conduct research on anxiety from both a phenomenological and psychoanalytical perspective. Anxiety is the most common form of mental illness in the US and UK. Despite this, a rigorous analysis of anxiety at both an experiential and conceptual level remains overlooked. The project contributes to amending this oversight. Methodologically, the project uses an original methodology that combines a first-person perspective with psychoanalytical research. To achieve this aim, the applicant will collaborate with Professor Doroth e Legrand ( cole normale Sup rieure, Paris), who the applicant has a successful working history with. Legrand is a specialist in the intersection between psychoanalysis and phenomenology. This theme is essential to the project, and therefore to its success. The project involves three aspects: collaborative research; seminar presentations and parti cipation in ongoing specialist seminars on phenomenology and psychoanalysis at the ENS (all organised by Legrand); consolidation of research findings with publications aimed at both academic researchers and society at large. The impact of the project will be not only to deepen the understanding of anxiety, but also to enrich the clinical treatment of anxiety.