Abstract

FORMIGONI, Maria Claudia. Segregation, generalized childhood and joy: questions for psychoanalysis. Stylus (Rio J.) [online]. 2017, n.34, pp. 75-82. ISSN 1676-157X.

Fifty years ago, Lacan was already pointing out an issue that still concerns us today. It is an "unprecedented subversion" related to the close alliance between scientific and capitalist discourse responsible for the universalization and homogenization of the individuals. This would have, as effect, the general childhood, which, according to Lacan, marks the entrance of the world into the segregation era. But why? What is the relationship between generalized childhood and segregation? How can we think of the analyst's position upon these damaging effects of capitalist discourse? How does joy relate to that? The author considers these issues crucial to psychoanalysis.

Keywords : Lacan; capitalist discourse; segregation; generalized childhood; joy.

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