Abstract

LEAR, Jonathan. Working through the end of civilization. Rev. bras. psicanál [online]. 2007, vol.41, n.1, pp. 137-153. ISSN 0486-641X.

This is an account of how a civilization works through the problems it faces when it is threatened with destruction. Psychoanalytic ideas play a crucial role in explaining how a creative response is possible. Conversely, by focusing on this threat psychoanalysis can discover new challenges for its own conceptual development.

Keywords : Conceptual development; Work through; Culture; Civilization; Imagination; Loss of identity.

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