Da hipnose à psicanálise : clínica, ciência e política

Abstract

The objective of the present work is to emphasize the theatrical importance of the concepts of libido and transference and their developments in the clinical, scientific and political fields. Such attempt is justified by the fact that, when using these concepts, Freud operates a transformation which had already begun with Charcot in the forms of understanding and dealing with psychic derangement, which was circumscribed to the limits of fantasy and simulation. Beyond that factor, the father of psychoanalysis also enlarges the range of these concepts, since the libido will have a preponderant role in the new knowledge that is designed when he affirms it as |something fundamental| which allows the clinical practice by means of transference as well as the formation of the social tie. In order to achieve our objective, we will develop our reasoning by reviewing the predecessors of Freudian clinical practice animal magnetism, suggestion and hypnosis and from that point derive the postulation of the concept of transference, which will not represent only an evolution of the technique that will have effects in the clinical records; but, at the same time, will also promote a transformation in the epistemic field, as it proposes another notion of reality, a psychic one, whose ordering principle will be the same which figures as a condition for the possibility of the transfer, that is, the libido, which is an issue of impact in the scientific field; finally, we will address the ethical reach of the concepts of libido and transference, which will allow regarding the regulation of the social space from the point of view of the relations established among the different subjects, a preeminently political proposition.