Counter-experience

Counter-experience describes a perception of a non-objective (typically spiritual) phenomenon. First coined by the French phenomenologist Jean-Luc Marion, ^[1] it has been elevated to book title status by the Marion scholar Kevin Hart. ^[2]

Contrast with experience

One may experience physical objects using the five senses. In contrast, one may counter-experience revelation, a spiritual presence, or an awareness. Feelings of sublimity or awe are often indicators of counter-experience. ^[3]

References

1. Marion, Jean-Luc; Derrida, Jacques (1999). "On the Gift. A Discussion between Jacques Derrida and Jean-Luc Marion. Moderated by Richard Kearney.". In Caputo, John D.; Scanlon, Michael J. (eds.). God, the Gift, and Postmodernism. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 54-78.
2. Hart, Kevin (200). Counter-experiences: reading Jean-Luc Marion. University of Notre Dame Press. ISBN   978-0-268-03078-0.
3. Hart, Kevin (October 2005). "Poetry and Revelation: Hopkins, Counter-Experience and Reductio". Pacifica. 18 (3): 259-280. doi:10.1177/1030570X0501800301. ISSN   1030-570X. S2CID   171255928. Archived from the original on 2011-03-04.