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An exploration of significant themes in the diary of a person who committed murder
Thesis (PhD (Psychotherapy))--University of Pretoria, 2005.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/24536 An exploration of significant themes in the diary of a person who committed murder Van Schalkwyk, Gertina J. arnoldmul@yahoo.com Muller, Michael Arnoldus Phenomenological psychology Case study Text analysis Qualitative research Existential-hermeneutic orientation Crime of passion Existentialism Paradox Authenticity Analysis of a personal diary UCTD Thesis (PhD (Psychotherapy))--University of Pretoria, 2005. The objective of this study was to explore the authentic knowledge that evolved from a spontaneously written personal diary and other texts of a person who committed a crime of passion. I attempted to demonstrate how spontaneous linguistic forms could be used to gain a better understanding of the dynamics underlying and precipitating a crime of passion. A crime of passion represents a part of reality where both the suffering individual and the therapeutic or researching community seem to be either out of control or very vague understanding and explaining this seemingly paradoxical phenomenon. The main question is: why is the knowing (loving a person) in such cases not revealed in their way of being (killing that person)? An existential-phenomenological approach was adopted to explicate the apparently paradoxical phenomenon of a crime of passion. I explored the complicated hidden meanings (knowledge) in the diary of a person who murdered his fiancée, to unravel these assumed paradoxes, and found that the knowledge (epistemology) in the subject spontaneous self-expression provided a key for a better understanding of his way of existence or being (ontology) within a specific context, time and part of his life. Exploratory, descriptive, conceptual and semantic questions were explored by adopting an existential-hermeneutical orientation that allowed me to explicate the paradoxes both at primary and secondary levels. Working from a qualitative research perspective and phenomenological methodology, an in-depth analysis of meaning units and conceptual categories clarified underlying and hidden meanings in the texts. Theoretical linkages between different conceptual categories were explicated, highlighting the gaps in our previous understanding and theorising about crimes of passion. In this I could reveal how the person s existence gradually changed from inauthentic (insincere) and pretending to a more authentic (sincere) life of caring and responsibility after the crime. The main contribution of this project can thus be described as providing new insights to the therapeutic and research community concerning the complexity of the paradoxical existence of a person who committed a crime of passion. Psychology unrestricted 2013-09-06T17:54:31Z 2004-01-23 2013-09-06T17:54:31Z 2003-01-14 2005-01-23 2004-01-23 Thesis Muller, M 2003, An exploration of significant themes in the diary of a person who committed murder, PhD thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24536 > http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24536 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-01232004-133019/ © 2003, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Phenomenological psychology Case study Text analysis Qualitative research Existential-hermeneutic orientation Crime of passion Existentialism Paradox Authenticity Analysis of a personal diary UCTD An exploration of significant themes in the diary of a person who committed murder |
| title | An exploration of significant themes in the diary of a person who committed murder |
| title_full | An exploration of significant themes in the diary of a person who committed murder |
| title_fullStr | An exploration of significant themes in the diary of a person who committed murder |
| title_full_unstemmed | An exploration of significant themes in the diary of a person who committed murder |
| title_short | An exploration of significant themes in the diary of a person who committed murder |
| title_sort | exploration of significant themes in the diary of a person who committed murder |
| topic | Phenomenological psychology Case study Text analysis Qualitative research Existential-hermeneutic orientation Crime of passion Existentialism Paradox Authenticity Analysis of a personal diary UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24536 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-01232004-133019/ |