Catharsis
Psychoanalysis and the theatre
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8973274 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jean-Michel Vives (0000-0002-9493-9945, corresponding author), Jean‐Michel Vives (90 Chemin Beau Site 83100 ToulonFrance) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 92 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1009-1027 |
| Publication date | 2011-03-09 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The International Journal of Psychoanalysis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7578 • E-ISSN: 1745-8315 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1745-8315.2011.00409.x |
| PMID | 21843246 |
| OpenAlex | W2116460219 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 5 |
The notion of catharsis, in relation to tragedy, was introduced by Aristotle in his work Poetics. Over the centuries, Aristotle’s innovative and enigmatic reference to this process has been widely commented on and given rise to intense controversy. In 1895, Freud and Breuer reconsidered this notion in their Studies on Hysteria, where they present the so‐called cathartic therapeutic method. It is not, however, this aspect of psychoanalytical theory that the author of this article seeks to elucidate: drawing on a detailed study of the references to tragic catharsis in the work of Freud and Lacan, the author proposes to examine their implications for psychoanalytic treatment.With specific reference to Freud’s article Psychopathic characters on the stage (1905) and Lacan’s commentary on Sophocles’ Antigone (1960), the author argues that catharsis is to be understood not so much as a mechanism of discharge linked to abreaction, but rather as the actual analytic process itself during which the Subject is ‘unveiled’ and thus faced with the enigma of his own desire
Art · Catharsis · Epistemology · Hysteria · Literature · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Relation (database · Subject (documents · Tragedy (event · Cultural Studies and Interdisciplinary Research · Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,6 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2023 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |