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AYOUCH, Thamy. Merleau-Ponty and psychoanalysis: from affectivity's phenomenology to affection's figurability. J. psicanal. [online]. 2012, vol.45, n.83, pp. 173-190. ISSN 0103-5835.

What did Merleau-Ponty mean when he wrote that "phenomenology is in agreement with psychoanalysis", and that both aim towards "the same latency"? This article aims to problematize the difficult comparison between phenomenology and psychoanalysis and examine it in Merleau-Ponty's work. After his understanding of the concept of the unconscious is analyzed, Merleau-Ponty's reading of psychoanalysis is confronted to various psychoanalysts' criticisms. This dialogue conjures up two conceptions of the unconscious, opposed when it comes to ideas (Vorstellungen) but close as far as afects are concerned. The notion of "affect search for figurability" is a new way to bridge the gap between phenomenology and psychoanalysis, and brings in a new reading of the metapsychology of affect.

Palabras clave : Merleau-Ponty; Psychoanalysis; Figurability; Affect; Phenomenology of Affectivity.

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