Polishing Lenses: the Spinozan Power and the Freudian Drive

Authors

  • Joana Lopes D'Almeida Camelier PUC-Rio
  • monah winograd PUC-Rio
  • Mauricio Rocha PUC-Rio

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v18i1.30718

Keywords:

Freud, Spinoza, death drive, power, psychoanalysis

Abstract

Our goal is to point out resonances between the Freudian concept of drive and the Spinozan concept of power to amplify the reading of the first.We begin by presenting the Spinoza’s concept of God-Nature to circumscribe the concept of power. After demonstrating that the human being is the unique modal expression of the infinite substance, we verify the points that could bring together power and drive. Therefore, we relate the definition of drive as a job requirement made by the body to the psyche to Spinoza’s idea of mind being the idea of the body. After presenting the relational aspect and the dimension of otherness in both concepts, we discuss the drive dualism and the death drive.

Author Biographies

Joana Lopes D'Almeida Camelier, PUC-Rio

Mestre em Psicologia Clínica pelo Programa de Pós-graduação em Psicologia Clínica /PUC-Rio

monah winograd, PUC-Rio

Psicanalista

Professora do Programa de Pós-graduação em Psicologia Clínica /PUC-Rio

Mauricio Rocha, PUC-Rio

Filósofo

Professor do Programa de Pós-graduaçào em Direito/ PUC-Rio

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How to Cite

Camelier, J. L. D., winograd, monah, & Rocha, M. (2014). Polishing Lenses: the Spinozan Power and the Freudian Drive. Interação Em Psicologia, 18(1). https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v18i1.30718

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 1 (2014)

Section

Theoretical or Historical Studies

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