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[Psychoanalysis, individualistic value shaping, and social ethics].

F Tenorio

    Historia, Ciencias, Saude--Manguinhos
    |October 20, 2001
    PubMed
    Summary

    This study refutes the idea that psychoanalysis offers individualistic redemption in modern society. It proposes that Lacanian psychoanalysis emphasizes the subject's responsibility for the symbolic structure, overcoming the subject-society divide.

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    Area of Science:

    • Social Anthropology
    • Psychoanalysis
    • Philosophy

    Context:

    • Critiques prevailing social anthropology's view of psychoanalysis.
    • Addresses the individualistic value shaping in modern Western society.
    • Examines psychoanalysis as a modern religion promising wholeness through the self.

    Purpose:

    • To offer a new perspective on the relationship between psychoanalysis and Western societal values.
    • To challenge the notion of psychoanalysis as solely individualistic.
    • To explore the Lacanian concept of the subconscious and its societal implications.

    Summary:

    • The article refutes the prevailing view that psychoanalysis offers individualistic redemption and wholeness in de-sanctified modern society.
    • It presents the Lacanian formalization of the subconscious through symbolic structure as a means to overcome the subject-society dichotomy.
    • Lacanian psychoanalysis posits that analysis should guide individuals to assume responsibility for the functioning of the symbolic structure (the 'great Other').

    Impact:

    • Challenges the interpretation of psychoanalysis as a purely individualistic endeavor.
    • Highlights the social dimension of psychoanalytic practice through the concept of the symbolic order.
    • Suggests a re-evaluation of the subject's role in maintaining societal symbolic structures.

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