Skip to main content

Search from vocabulary

Content language

Concept information

Preferred term

unconscious  

Definition

  • On a mundane level the idea of the unconscious simply suggests that there are aspects of our minds and bodies of which we are not self-conscious and that can be described as causes of our actions. However, the notion of the unconscious is more commonly attributed to the domain of psychoanalysis, where it has specific and technical meanings. [Source: The SAGE Dictionary of Cultural Studies; Unconscious]

Belongs to group

URI

https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/unconscious

Download this concept: