Abstract

FALCAO, Luciane. One hundred years of narcissism: short of psychoanalysis and beyond Freud. Rev. bras. psicanál [online]. 2014, vol.48, n.3, pp.41-56. ISSN 0486-641X.

The paper presents a brief revision of the theory of narcissism in Freud and articulates it with the myth of Narcissus and with a clinical case. This articulation is widened mostly based on authors linked to French psychoanalysis, emphasizing the ideas of André Green. The author presents the comprehension of the second theory of drives, in other words, the death drive, as fundamental for a theoretical-clinical articulation, allowing the comprehension of destructive narcissism. The work shows the importance of the path of the drive for the differentiation between the 'I' and the 'other', which implies in the following route of development: primary narcissism, autoerotism, specific action, secondary narcissism and differentiation between “I” and “non-I”.

Keywords : Narcissism; death drive; life narcissism; death narcissism; deobjectalization; autoerotism; “I/ non-I”; differentiation.

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