Concept

Intercorporeality

According to Fuchs (2023, p. 107), when two people meet, an overarching system emerges that is characterised by ‘intercorporeality’. Through non-verbal channels such as facial expressions, gestures, eye contact or voice, the participants enter into a dynamic interplay.

Excerpted verbatim from the thesis · Ch. 2.3 — 2.3 Inter-corporeality and intersubjectivity: the bodily realisation of the encounter (as the core of the therapeutic relationship)

Related concepts

Leib / lived bodyResonancePrimary empathyImplicit relational knowledgeField

Occurrences in the text

1. Ch. 1.5 1.5 Methodological Approach and Structure of the Thesis

   (2) This relationship presupposes intercorporeal resonance.

2. Ch. 1.5 1.5 Methodological Approach and Structure of the Thesis

   (3) AI fails because of this ‘inter-corporeality’, as it lacks a body, an ’I’ and a potential ’you’.

3. Ch. 1.5 1.5 Methodological Approach and Structure of the Thesis

   … n-between’) and its characteristics (Rosa’s concept of resonance), before the concept of ‘inter-corporeality’ is further developed with reference to Merleau-Ponty and Fuchs, supplemented by Stern’s …

4. Ch. 2.3 2.3 Inter-corporeality and intersubjectivity: the bodily realisation of the encounter (as the core of the therapeutic relationship)

   … y does not conceive of the body as an object amongst objects, but instead coins the term ‘intercorporeality’ (Zwischenleiblichkeit) to describe this reciprocal bodily relationship: the smile of the …

5. Ch. 2.3 2.3 Inter-corporeality and intersubjectivity: the bodily realisation of the encounter (as the core of the therapeutic relationship)

   … interaction, which can also be described using a term coined by Merleau-Ponty (2003) as ‘intercorporeality’.” (Fuchs, 2023, p. 107, abridged)

6. Ch. 2.3 2.3 Inter-corporeality and intersubjectivity: the bodily realisation of the encounter (as the core of the therapeutic relationship)

   … 3, p. 107), when two people meet, an overarching system emerges that is characterised by ‘intercorporeality’. Through non-verbal channels such as facial expressions, gestures, eye contact or voice, …

7. Ch. 2.3 2.3 Inter-corporeality and intersubjectivity: the bodily realisation of the encounter (as the core of the therapeutic relationship)

   ‘A dynamic interplay emerges, an inter-bodily resonance that also underlies empathy with the other.’ (Fuchs, 2023, p. 111)

8. Ch. 4 4 The ontological limits of AI

   … cal rupture, which manifests itself in two stages: without a biological body, there is no inter-corporeality and no self-resonance (4.1). Without one’s own boundary of contact, there is no encounter …

9. Ch. 4.1 4.1 The lack of corporeality: echo instead of resonance

   … ng is not based on internal processes in the brain anyway, but ‘primarily on interactive, inter-bodily processes’ (Fuchs, 2023, p. 108). Understanding arises between two bodies, not within a s …

10. Ch. 4.1 4.1 The lack of corporeality: echo instead of resonance

    … an the average human. What it lacks, however, is primary empathy: no emotional circle, no intercorporeality, no bodily resonance. This also rules out countertransference as a tool. The emotional ci …

11. Ch. 4.1 4.1 The lack of corporeality: echo instead of resonance

    … ears of Gestalt therapy practice, reports that this circle extends across the screen: The inter-bodily interaction continues even in the online setting; both read each other through gaze and b …

12. Ch. 5.2 5.2 Therapeutic Alliance and Empathy in Human–AI Interaction

    … e AI connection remains tenuous, fragile and lacking in bodily grounding: an echo without inter-bodily resonance.

13. Ch. 6 6 Conclusion and Outlook

    … fied the relationship as the central factor and defined its structure: an uncontrollable, inter-bodily resonance. Chapter 3 demonstrated what, where and how Gestalt therapy heals: through the …

14. Ch. 6.1 6.1 Interpretation of the results

    … sponse, rather than transforming what has been said through its own bodily experience, as inter-bodily resonance does. Thus, in place of a genuine encounter – in which something new, unexpecte …

15. Ch. 6.3 6.3 Outlook

    … ce, facial expressions and biometric feedback could significantly enhance the illusion of inter-corporeality. This does not affect the thesis of this work, as even a sensor does nothing to alter the …