Sexuality and meaning in Freud and Merleau‐Ponty

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ID9056478
AuthorsPatricia Rivera (0000-0002-5462-4690, Universidad de Los Andes, Chile, corresponding author), Patricia Moya, Maria Elena Larrain (Universidad de Los Andes, Chile)
Year2016
Volume97
Issue3
Pages737-757
Publication date2016-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe International Journal of Psychoanalysis (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-7578 • E-ISSN: 1745-8315
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1745-8315.12494
PMID27115129
OpenAlexW2342428958
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited12

This article analyzes the links between the conception of the body and of sexuality found in Freud and Merleau-Ponty. The French philosopher refers to Freud in various of his works, and performs a reading of Freud through which he rescues the meaning that the latter gives to sexuality as he integrates it into the totality of the person, without making it into a blind or merely instinctive force. As a consequence of this integration, the notions of the unconscious and of instinct or drive are interpreted in the light of the meaning or signification that they have in the person's behavior. Merleau-Ponty's notion of pre-reflective knowledge plays a decisive role in this understanding of meaning. In the same way, it allows important contemporary analysts to use these studies in their therapeutic work and also in psychological studies

Epistemology · Freud's Psychoanalytic Theories · Human sexuality · Id, ego and super-ego · Instinct · Linguistics · Meaning (existential) · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Reading (process) · Sociology · Unconscious mind · Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy · Philosophy · Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research · Psychology · Psychology and Mental Health

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