Abstract
This article discusses some considerations to guide the reading of the Project for a psychology from an ethical perspective. The starting point is Lacan's interpretation in The Seminar, book VII, The Ethics of Psychoanalysis, where he structures his analysis on the opposition between the principles of pleasure and reality and on the understanding of das Ding. Unlike the Lacanian reading, centered on the concept of desire, we firstly emphasize the relevance of the notions of pleasure and displeasure as fundamental. Secondly, we argue that in the Project, Freud sets as the foundations of morality, beyond the couple's displeasure-pleasure, the experiences of helplessness and debt before the next-helper and not the object of incestuous desire, or the object merely formal, as suggested by Lacan.
Highlights
Uma leitura na perspectiva ética que se propusesse restrita ao limites do Projeto − ou seja, sem recorrer a conceitos ou teses desenvolvidos ulteriormente e isenta de outros interesses além da compreensão do próprio texto − deveria retomar, certamente, a oposição entre o princípio de prazer e o princípio de realidade, assim como as idéias de desamparo, complexo do semelhante e das Ding, dentre outras consideradas por Lacan
The starting point is Lacan’s interpretation in The Seminar, book VII, The Ethics of Psychoanalysis, where he structures his analysis on the opposition between the principles of pleasure and reality and on the understanding of das Ding
Unlike the Lacanian reading, centered on the concept of desire, we firstly emphasize the relevance of the notions of pleasure and displeasure as fundamental
Summary
Observamos que no Projeto, Freud estabelece como bases da moralidade, além do par desprazer-prazer, as experiências do desamparo e da dívida perante o próximo-auxiliador e não o objeto de desejo incestuoso, por uma parte, ou o objeto meramente formal, por outra, como sugere Lacan. Entretanto, Lacan salienta que das Ding não tem nada a ver com a realidade na qual o sujeito deve discernir o sinal de qualidade para a satisfação; trata-se, antes bem, do que estabelece o termo, a meta e a visada da prova de realidade.
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