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1Membre habilité, La sociétié psychanalytique de Montréal.
The International Journal of Psycho-Analysis
|May 4, 2021
Summary
This paper reinterprets Freud's drive concept as a paradigm, proposing Jacques Laplanche's "sexual" as a paradigm shift in psychoanalysis, clarifying drive vs. instinct translation issues.
Area of Science:
- Psychoanalytic Theory
- Epistemology
- Psychology
Background:
- Freud's concept of the drive is foundational in psychoanalysis.
- Agamben's definition of a paradigm offers a new epistemological lens.
- Laplanche's work on "le sexual" challenges traditional interpretations.
Purpose of the Study:
- To epistemologically reframe Freud's drive concept as a paradigm.
- To argue that Laplanche's concept of "le sexual" represents a paradigm shift for Anglophone psychoanalysis.
- To clarify translation issues concerning Freud's 'Trieb' versus 'Instinkt'.
Main Methods:
- Epistemological analysis of Freud's drive concept using Agamben's definition of paradigm.
- Comparative analysis of Freud's and Laplanche's theories of sexuality and the drive.
- Examination of translation discrepancies in psychoanalytic literature (Strachey's Standard Edition).
Main Results:
- Freud's drive concept can be understood as an epistemological paradigm.
- Laplanche's "le sexual" constitutes a paradigm shift, distinguishing it from instinct.
- The drive is conceptualized as sexuality beyond genitality, mobile in aim and object, seeking excitation.
Conclusions:
- Reconceptualizing the drive as a paradigm clarifies psychoanalytic theory and translation issues.
- Laplanche's paradigm shift enhances understanding of infantile sexuality and the unconscious.
- The drive, as enigmatic messages, shapes the unconscious, with implications explored in clinical and cinematic contexts.
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