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[Motivation and psychoanalysis. A cross-road].

Daniel Widlöcher¹

¹Hôpital de la Salpêtrière, Paris. daniel.widlöcher@psl.ap-hop-paris.fr

Psychologie & Neuropsychiatrie Du Vieillissement

|February 3, 2005

Summary

Psychoanalysis views motivation through drives like attachment and aversion, stemming from unconscious fantasies. These can lead to intrapsychic conflicts and personality disorders treated by psychoanalytic methods.

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Area of Science:

Psychology
Psychoanalysis

Background:

Psychoanalytic theory centers on motivation, conceptualized as drives.
These drives are rooted in unconscious processes and manifest as attachment (sexuality) and aversion (aggressivity, destructivity).

Purpose of the Study:

To explore the psychoanalytic concept of drives as a fundamental aspect of motivation.
To explain how unconscious drives influence intrapsychic conflicts and personality disorders.

Main Methods:

Psychoanalytic methodology, emphasizing listening and interpretation of subjectivity.
Analysis of unconscious origins of drives and their materialization in fantasies and action representations.

Main Results:

Drives, encompassing sexuality and aggressivity, are central to psychoanalytic understanding of motivation.
Unconscious drives manifest as fantasies and action representations, impacting conscious thought.

Conclusions:

Psychoanalysis addresses motivation through the lens of unconscious drives.
These drives contribute to intrapsychic conflicts and personality disorders, the focus of psychoanalytic treatment.

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