Abstract

ROSA, Carlos Mendes  and  VILHENA, Junia de. Aging and its possible destinies: Reflections on the role of Green's "negative work". Tempo psicanal. [online]. 2015, vol.47, n.1, pp.112-133. ISSN 0101-4838.

This paper investigates the operations of libidinal disinvestment put into play by the death drive in the reality of the aging male. We point out the concept of the death instinct in psychoanalysis and present Green's theory on the work of the negative, emphasizing the dead mother complex as a possible form of symbolization of frustration and loss caused by aging. We also point the place of the word as the basic articulation of the subject with his own condition.

Keywords : aging; work of the negative; the death drive.

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