Dominique Scarfone
Biographic Data
| ID | 5149730 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dominique Scarfone |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dominique |
| FAMILY NAME | Scarfone |
| SIGNATURE | SCARFONE D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Université de Montréal |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5709-5077 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 38 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 97 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 38 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Symbolisation et auto-théorisation
L’autosymbolisation, ou autothéorisation, est un trait humain spécifique, distinct du maniement algorithmique des symboles. Là où un traumatisme a minima incite à l’autosymbolisation, un traumatisme grave l’inhibe. La psyché peut alors chercher un compromis par le délire. Un patient psychotique a pu bénéficier d’une écoute patiente qui, sans les interpréter, accueillait et soutenait ses efforts d’auto-théorisation
Fantasy and the Process of Fantasy-Building
Revisiting Freud’s metapsychology regarding unconscious fantasy, and taking stock of Michel de M’Uzan’s exemplary study of the problem of unconscious affect, the author contends that, strictly speaking, no more than there are truly unconscious affects, there are no unconscious fantasies. Instead, the author describes a process of fantasy-building, briefly illustrated with clinical material and put to the test of other psychoanalytic conceptualiza…
The Scrapyard and the Archive
Robert Grossmark's “The Untelling” is an original contribution to the understanding of the psychoanalytic process, especially with the introduction of the notions of Untelling and of Filled-in and Hollowed-out enactments. This comment aims at favoring further exchanges with Grossmark, especially on the problem of meaning in relation to enactment and the importance of the time dimension in the changes that psychoanalysis can bring about. It is, na…
Contact barriers between Freud, Bion and Winnicott
Desexualization
The sudden appearance of the term "desexualization" in The Ego and the Id is considered as a marker of the subtle, almost unnoticeable changes that occurred in Freud's thinking after 1920. The strict dichotomy between life and death drives posed a series of new problems that force Freud to invoke a "desexualized libido" in order to restore some fluidity in the psychic apparatus. But the mechanism of desexualization was difficult to describe and F…
Entre précoce et prématuré, l’originaire. Quelques propositions
L’auteur explore, en quarante-cinq brèves propositions, la proximité et la différence entre « précoce » et « prématuré », en y insérant la question de l’originaire et de l’après-coup. Il est proposé, entre autres, que le précoce relève de l’observation empirique en termes de développement tandis que le prématuré renvoie d’abord au constat de la situation particulière du nouveau-né à la prématurité statutaire. Situation dans laquelle il importe de…
Trauma, subjectivity and subjectality
Regard autopoïétique sur le cadre et le processus psychanalytique
Cet article décrit la complémentarité du cadre et du processus psychanalytique sous l’angle des principes organisationnels communs à l’ensemble des systèmes vivants. En prenant appui sur la théorie des systèmes autopoïétiques, qui se situe au croisement de la biologie, des sciences cognitives, de la sociologie et de la philosophie de l’esprit, nous démontrons comment la spécificité du cadre psychanalytique permet l’émergence d’une clôture opérati…
Commentary on Abbasi
Introduction to de M’Uzan's paper “Interpreting
Michel de M’Uzan passed away in January 2018. The paper presented here is a homage to his long and fruitful career. I know of few authors as consistent as de M’Uzan in their elaboration of a praxis
The Sexual and psychical reality
Not everything is sexual in the psychoanalytic conception of the human condition, but the Sexual is at the core of the central conceptual cluster of psychoanalysis, along with translation/repression, resistance, transference and the après-coup time structure ( Nachträglichkeit ). For all its importance, the Sexual should not be used by psychoanalysts as their single interpretive key. Laplanche's Generalized Seduction Theory, with the translationa…
The feminine, the analyst and the child theorist
Keynote lecture to the 51st IPA Congress, London, UK, July 2019When looked at from an extra-analytic—anthropological, sociological or historical—point of view, for instance through the work of Fran
Infantile Sexuality and Attachment
Ten Short Essays on How Trauma Is Inextricably Woven into Psychic Life
The author contends that it is possible to reconcile trauma and drive theories of psychopathology if we carefully examine the general notion of trauma and reexamine Freud's () theory of war neurosis and of repression itself as an elementary form of traumatic neurosis. The logic of these views follows Laplanche's reintroduction and generalization of the seduction theory in contemporary psychoanalysis
Unconscious phantasy and its conceptualizations
That there is a lack of consensus as to how to decide between competing, at times even contradictory theories, and about how to integrate divergent concepts and theories is well known. In view of this situation, the IPA Committee on Conceptual Integration (2009-2013) developed a method for comparing the different versions of any given concept, together with the underlying theories and fundamental assumptions on which they are based. Only when sit…
The Three Essays and the Meaning of the Infantile Sexual in Psychoanalysis
Freud's Three Essays on Sexual Theory (1905a) are still today highly significant because of their novel way of considering the human sexual dimension. The author intends to show that a close reading of the Essays, combined with the reintroduction of the seduction theory by Jean Laplanche, provides a specific and foundational sexual theory for psychoanalysis
The work of remembering and the revival of the psychoanalytic method
In commenting Cesar Botella's paper "On Remembering. The notion of memory without recollections.", (DOI: 10.1111/1745-8315.12220) the author agrees with Botella about memory without recollections, then explores in detail the Freudian definition of remembering and criticizes what for him is a misunderstanding of Freud's "archaeological model" of memory in psychoanalysis
Towards a better use of psychoanalytic concepts
It is well known that there is a lack of consensus about how to decide between competing and sometimes mutually contradictory theories, and how to integrate divergent concepts and theories. In view of this situation the IPA Project Committee on Conceptual Integration developed a method that allows comparison between different versions of concepts, their underlying theories and basic assumptions. Only when placed in a frame of reference can simila…
A brief introduction to the work of Jean Laplanche
The author proposes an introduction to the work of Jean Laplanche, a well‐known figure of psychoanalysis who recently passed away. He foregrounds what he views as the three main axes of Laplanche's work: firstly, a critical reading method applied to Freud's texts; secondly, a model of psychic functioning based on translation; and, thirdly, a theory of general seduction. Far from being an abstract superstructure, the theory of general seduction is…
On
Dear Editor,Talvitie and Ihanus (2011) are right to posit and then to question the metaphysical assumptions behind neuropsychoanalysis, or for that matter any other scientific enterprise (p. 1588)
Live wires
The present edition of ‘The Analyst at Work’ elicited a brief if potentially fundamental discussion within the editorship of the IJP as to what constitutes a proper form of case report for this sec
The Interpretation of Action in Psychoanalysis
The self in and out of time
by William W. Meissner Jason Aronson , Lanham, MD , 2007 ; 286 pp; $36.95 If I am not mistaken, true books are not as frequent as they used to be. My impression is that collections of papers, be th
The Analyst at Work
When the Editors‐in‐Chief of the International Journal of Psychoanalysis invited me to join their team as editor of ‘The Analyst at Work’ section, I did not take long to answer affirmatively. Havin
Commentary
Towards a better use of psychoanalytic concepts
It is well known that there is a lack of consensus about how to decide between competing and sometimes mutually contradictory theories, and how to integrate divergent concepts and theories. In view of this situation the IPA Project Committee on Conceptual Integration developed a method that allows comparison between different versions of concepts, their underlying theories and basic assumptions. Only when placed in a frame of reference can simila…
A brief introduction to the work of Jean Laplanche
The author proposes an introduction to the work of Jean Laplanche, a well‐known figure of psychoanalysis who recently passed away. He foregrounds what he views as the three main axes of Laplanche's work: firstly, a critical reading method applied to Freud's texts; secondly, a model of psychic functioning based on translation; and, thirdly, a theory of general seduction. Far from being an abstract superstructure, the theory of general seduction is…
A Matter of Time
In psychoanalytic theory, space metaphors are frequently used to describe the psychic apparatus. As for time, it is traditionally invoked under the heading of timelessness of the unconscious, more aptly described as the resistance of the repressed to wearing away with time. This paper examines how the insertion of time into psychic events and structural differentiation form a single process. After looking into the parallelism between phenomenolog…
The Three Essays and the Meaning of the Infantile Sexual in Psychoanalysis
Freud's Three Essays on Sexual Theory (1905a) are still today highly significant because of their novel way of considering the human sexual dimension. The author intends to show that a close reading of the Essays, combined with the reintroduction of the seduction theory by Jean Laplanche, provides a specific and foundational sexual theory for psychoanalysis
Unconscious phantasy and its conceptualizations
That there is a lack of consensus as to how to decide between competing, at times even contradictory theories, and about how to integrate divergent concepts and theories is well known. In view of this situation, the IPA Committee on Conceptual Integration (2009-2013) developed a method for comparing the different versions of any given concept, together with the underlying theories and fundamental assumptions on which they are based. Only when sit…
The Analyst at Work
When the Editors‐in‐Chief of the International Journal of Psychoanalysis invited me to join their team as editor of ‘The Analyst at Work’ section, I did not take long to answer affirmatively. Havin
The feminine, the analyst and the child theorist
Keynote lecture to the 51st IPA Congress, London, UK, July 2019When looked at from an extra-analytic—anthropological, sociological or historical—point of view, for instance through the work of Fran
Live wires
The present edition of ‘The Analyst at Work’ elicited a brief if potentially fundamental discussion within the editorship of the IJP as to what constitutes a proper form of case report for this sec
The Interpretation of Action in Psychoanalysis
The self in and out of time
by William W. Meissner Jason Aronson , Lanham, MD , 2007 ; 286 pp; $36.95 If I am not mistaken, true books are not as frequent as they used to be. My impression is that collections of papers, be th
Controversial discussions’ The issue of differences in method
The Sexual and psychical reality
Not everything is sexual in the psychoanalytic conception of the human condition, but the Sexual is at the core of the central conceptual cluster of psychoanalysis, along with translation/repression, resistance, transference and the après-coup time structure ( Nachträglichkeit ). For all its importance, the Sexual should not be used by psychoanalysts as their single interpretive key. Laplanche's Generalized Seduction Theory, with the translationa…
Ten Short Essays on How Trauma Is Inextricably Woven into Psychic Life
The author contends that it is possible to reconcile trauma and drive theories of psychopathology if we carefully examine the general notion of trauma and reexamine Freud's () theory of war neurosis and of repression itself as an elementary form of traumatic neurosis. The logic of these views follows Laplanche's reintroduction and generalization of the seduction theory in contemporary psychoanalysis
The work of remembering and the revival of the psychoanalytic method
In commenting Cesar Botella's paper "On Remembering. The notion of memory without recollections.", (DOI: 10.1111/1745-8315.12220) the author agrees with Botella about memory without recollections, then explores in detail the Freudian definition of remembering and criticizes what for him is a misunderstanding of Freud's "archaeological model" of memory in psychoanalysis
On
Dear Editor,Talvitie and Ihanus (2011) are right to posit and then to question the metaphysical assumptions behind neuropsychoanalysis, or for that matter any other scientific enterprise (p. 1588)
À propos des alternatives en psychiatrie
À propos de l’article de François Peraldi
Camon, F., 1984, La maladie humaine, Gallimard, Paris
De la trahison
Entre séduction et inspiration
Entre séduction et inspiration : l’homme, de Jean Laplanche, Paris, PUF, coll.« Quadrige », 1999, 338 pages.. Un article de la revue Santé mentale au Québec (Paternité et santé mentale) diffusée par la plateforme Érudit
Commentaries
Controversial discussions’ The issue of differences in method
Controversial Discussions' the Issue of Differences in Method
Wishing for the impossible
(2002). Wishing for the impossible: An essay in comparative psychoanalytic practice. The International Journal of Psychoanalysis: Vol. 83, No. 3, pp. 575-581
Pour une approche psychosomatique de la santé au travail
Les réactions individuelles à des facteurs traumatiques pour le psychisme dans le milieu de travail ne se limitent pas à une symptomatologie mentale. Pour rendre compte de façon satisfaisante des questions de santé au travail en relation avec des facteurs d'ordre psychosocial, il convient donc de se référer à un cadre théorique qui dépasse la dichotomie psyché-soma. Dans ce but, l'auteur présente les grandes lignes de la théorie psychosomatique d…
A Matter of Time
In psychoanalytic theory, space metaphors are frequently used to describe the psychic apparatus. As for time, it is traditionally invoked under the heading of timelessness of the unconscious, more aptly described as the resistance of the repressed to wearing away with time. This paper examines how the insertion of time into psychic events and structural differentiation form a single process. After looking into the parallelism between phenomenolog…
Introduction to “The Same and The Identical,” by Michel De M’Uzan
(2007). Introduction to “The Same and The Identical,” by Michel De M’Uzan. The Psychoanalytic Quarterly: Vol. 76, No. 4, pp. 1195-1204
Traumatisme, mémoire et fantasme
Face au débat qui fait rage, surtout aux États-Unis, à propos de rétablissement, par la voie de psychothérapie ou de la psychanalyse, de la réalité des événements traumatiques, l'auteur insiste sur un usage rigoureux des termes du débat. La théorie freudienne, axée ici autour du concept de réalité psychique, ne saurait se porter à l'appui inconditionnel de Tune ou l'autre des parties en présence (« recovered memories » et « false memories »). Il …
The Analyst at Work
When the Editors‐in‐Chief of the International Journal of Psychoanalysis invited me to join their team as editor of ‘The Analyst at Work’ section, I did not take long to answer affirmatively. Havin
Commentary
The self in and out of time
by William W. Meissner Jason Aronson , Lanham, MD , 2007 ; 286 pp; $36.95 If I am not mistaken, true books are not as frequent as they used to be. My impression is that collections of papers, be th
The Interpretation of Action in Psychoanalysis
Live wires
The present edition of ‘The Analyst at Work’ elicited a brief if potentially fundamental discussion within the editorship of the IJP as to what constitutes a proper form of case report for this sec
On
Dear Editor,Talvitie and Ihanus (2011) are right to posit and then to question the metaphysical assumptions behind neuropsychoanalysis, or for that matter any other scientific enterprise (p. 1588)
Towards a better use of psychoanalytic concepts
It is well known that there is a lack of consensus about how to decide between competing and sometimes mutually contradictory theories, and how to integrate divergent concepts and theories. In view of this situation the IPA Project Committee on Conceptual Integration developed a method that allows comparison between different versions of concepts, their underlying theories and basic assumptions. Only when placed in a frame of reference can simila…
A brief introduction to the work of Jean Laplanche
The author proposes an introduction to the work of Jean Laplanche, a well‐known figure of psychoanalysis who recently passed away. He foregrounds what he views as the three main axes of Laplanche's work: firstly, a critical reading method applied to Freud's texts; secondly, a model of psychic functioning based on translation; and, thirdly, a theory of general seduction. Far from being an abstract superstructure, the theory of general seduction is…
The Three Essays and the Meaning of the Infantile Sexual in Psychoanalysis
Freud's Three Essays on Sexual Theory (1905a) are still today highly significant because of their novel way of considering the human sexual dimension. The author intends to show that a close reading of the Essays, combined with the reintroduction of the seduction theory by Jean Laplanche, provides a specific and foundational sexual theory for psychoanalysis
The work of remembering and the revival of the psychoanalytic method
In commenting Cesar Botella's paper "On Remembering. The notion of memory without recollections.", (DOI: 10.1111/1745-8315.12220) the author agrees with Botella about memory without recollections, then explores in detail the Freudian definition of remembering and criticizes what for him is a misunderstanding of Freud's "archaeological model" of memory in psychoanalysis
Unconscious phantasy and its conceptualizations
That there is a lack of consensus as to how to decide between competing, at times even contradictory theories, and about how to integrate divergent concepts and theories is well known. In view of this situation, the IPA Committee on Conceptual Integration (2009-2013) developed a method for comparing the different versions of any given concept, together with the underlying theories and fundamental assumptions on which they are based. Only when sit…
Ten Short Essays on How Trauma Is Inextricably Woven into Psychic Life
The author contends that it is possible to reconcile trauma and drive theories of psychopathology if we carefully examine the general notion of trauma and reexamine Freud's () theory of war neurosis and of repression itself as an elementary form of traumatic neurosis. The logic of these views follows Laplanche's reintroduction and generalization of the seduction theory in contemporary psychoanalysis
Psychology (28 works) · Psychoanalysis (25 works) · Philosophy (21 works) · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (17 works) · Epistemology (14 works) · Psychoanalytic theory (14 works) · Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research (12 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Humanities (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works)