Abstract

ZORNIG, Silvia Maria Abu-Jamra. Clinic of the early infancy and the primary processes of symbolization. Psicol. clin. [online]. 2015, vol.27, n.2, pp. 121-136. ISSN 0103-5665.

The discussion on the clinic of the early infancy makes it possible to review classical psychoanalytic conceptions about the constitution of the subject and to emphasize the importance of the intersubjective relations in the beginning of the psychic life, indicating an important relationship between the drive theory and the early object relations. The paper aims to broaden the notion of representation to include the sensory and non-verbal communication between the baby and his primary objects, based on the fact that the process of subjectivation is constructed through the experiences that are shared between the infant and his primary others. The contributions of R. Roussillon and A. Green indicate that the quality of early interactions are extremely important to facilitate the representation of the absence of the object. Thus, the symbolizing function of the object is at the same time the constitution of its affective presence as well as its capacity to become a containing structure through the work of the negative.

Keywords : symbolizing function; work of the negative; clinic of the early infancy.

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