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

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.

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.

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