Persistent Complex Bereavement Disorder as Fetish

Volume 2, Issue 1, February 2022     |     PP. 56-68      |     PDF (175 K)    |     Pub. Date: October 25, 2022
DOI: 10.54647/philosophy72071    85 Downloads     85906 Views  

Author(s)

Jon K. Amundson, Independent Practice/Adjunct University of Calgary

Abstract
Though grief and loss have been normalized in mental health discourse, a particular class ofbereavement remains as diagnosis- Persistent Complex Bereavement Disorder. Discussion of thismore complex and enduring condition is undertaken in what follows. The dynamics of grief andloss are discussed through this diagnostic category in light of the cultural and psychologicalconcept of the fetish. Fetish serves substitution, evocation, and symbolization in many domainsbut is particularly relevant in the inertia associated with pathological grief. The complexphenomenon of significant loss and the concept of the fetish as substitution for/defense againstcomplexity is provided.

Keywords
grief, inertia complex grief, fetish, deliberate and reflective process

Cite this paper
Jon K. Amundson, Persistent Complex Bereavement Disorder as Fetish , SCIREA Journal of Philosophy. Volume 2, Issue 1, February 2022 | PP. 56-68. 10.54647/philosophy72071

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