Neurological suffering poses the question of the psyche surviving its own annihilation

Evidence

The writing of neurological suffering—the theater of absence or the novel of “brain ache”—raises the vertiginous question of the psyche’s survival of its own annihilation. — Catherine Malabou, The New Wounded, 1289

Categorization

• STORYSTEM: The ‘psyche surviving its own annihilation’ is a strong premise for fiction about identity loss after stroke or trauma.
• BMF: Evokes 2001: A Space Odyssey’s cold machine-mind continuing past the annihilation of its human frame.
• XREF: connects to: The unconscious itself is exposed to irreversible destruction — Catherine Malabou, The New Wounded: From Neurosis to Brain…, 1418; Neurological case histories challenge the Freudian definition of psychic plasticity. — Catherine Malabou, The New Wounded: From Neurosis to Brain…, 1294; Neurological trauma can create an identity without origin or memory — Catherine Malabou, The New Wounded: From Neurosis to Brain…, 3217 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• The unconscious itself is exposed to irreversible destruction #corroborates (0.85) — Catherine Malabou, The New Wounded, 1418
• The cerebral self constitutes mortality internally without achieving self-knowledge #corroborates (0.82) — Catherine Malabou, The New Wounded, 1038
• Neurological case histories challenge the Freudian definition of psychic plasticity. #expands (0.80) — Catherine Malabou, The New Wounded, 1294
• Neurological trauma can create an identity without origin or memory #expands (0.80) — Catherine Malabou, The New Wounded, 3217
• Anguish arises when consciousness sees itself cut from its essence by nothingness #corroborates (0.72) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 246