The phylogenetic argument in Freud’s metapsychology of anxiety
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8973196 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Francisco Pizarro (0000-0002-8344-4971, Diego Portales University, corresponding author), Francisco Pizarro Obaid (Diego Portales University), Rodrigo De La Fabian (0000-0003-2374-6289, Diego Portales University) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 103 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 806-827 |
| Publication date | 2022-09-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The International Journal of Psychoanalysis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7578 • E-ISSN: 1745-8315 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00207578.2022.2089571 |
| PMID | 36200360 |
| OpenAlex | W4302290859 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 19 |
Freud's theorising about anxiety has traditionally been based on its nosographical categories (anxiety neurosis, anxiety hysteria) or on the relationship between anxiety and repression (first and second theories of anxiety). While these types of approach have made it possible to identify some milestones in the development of the concept of anxiety, they have also obscured the relevance that Freud attributed to the phylogenetic argument. This article reviews the historical and conceptual context of Freud's main evolutionary references (Lamarck, Darwin, Haeckel, Weismann), and then analyses their presence and function in Freud's work, especially in his conception of anxiety. The article shows that while some of the evolutionary references became obsolete towards the end of the 19th century, they played such an important role in Freud's work that he never ceased to defend them. With respect to anxiety, though Freud did not make fully public his metapsychological hypothesis about the phylogenetic rationale, this perspective permeates his writing and is fundamental to his development of the concepts of neurotic anxiety/realistic anxiety and automatic anxiety/signal anxiety
Anxiety · Argument (complex analysis · Context (archaeology · Epistemology · Metapsychology · Psychiatry · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · History · Medicine · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Philosophy · Psychoanalysis and Social Critique · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
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Beyond the Pleasure Principle.
Sigmund Freud's Drawing of the Dream of the Wolves
The Impact of Darwin on Freud
The incidence of Freudian self‐analysis in the construction of the psychoanalytic theory of anxiety
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Sigmund Freud and Otto Rank
Darwin as the Source of Freud's Neo-lamarckianism
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The Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |