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Abstract
The initial question is where the unconscious belongs to - is it limited to the individual subject or is it, as certain psychoanalytic concepts suggest, extending the subject's limits? The article refers to psychoanalytic field theory and explores the roots of the field metaphor in phenomenal philosophy, namely in the work of Merleau-Ponty. The phenomenological approach is confronted with Lorenzer's theory, namely with his notion of scenes. The gap between the terminologies can be bridged with a discussion of the term of intentionality. From here on the discussion turns to today's use of the field metaphor in psychoanalytic theory, and namely of the connection between field, metaphor, and scene in psychoanalytic practice.