Abstract

CASSORLA, Roosevelt M. S.. A short essay on lying. Rev. bras. psicanál [online]. 2018, vol.52, n.2, pp. 81-96. ISSN 0486-641X.

Based on studies of literary work, myths, social situations, and psychoanalytic practice, the author discusses lie. He proposes a classification of lies that uses the continuum of narcissism ↔ social-ism. The author writes especially about narcissistic lies and perverse lies, and he formulates hypothesis about their dynamics and functions in both groups and society. Clinical vignettes demonstrate how conscious lie relates to other defenses in order to form perverse narcissistic organizations which attempt to dehumanize the object and destroy the perception of alterity. Defensive organizations protect against psychotic disruption and against the revival of primary traumas. The feeling of not existing is replaced by a facade of perverse excitement and sadistic fruition. Objects, which are liars and fraudulent, suspicious, not reliable, show up in the storylines performed in the psychoanalytic field. A perverse collusion between the members of the analytic pair may not be identified, which may lead to an unethical behavior of the analyst.

Keywords : lie; perversion; narcissistic organizations; perverse collusion; analytic field; enactment.

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