Abstract

TEIXEIRA, Leônia Cavalcante  and  MOREIRA, Jacqueline de Oliveira. The I and the Other in the Freudian myth of the foundation of culture. Psicol. rev. (Belo Horizonte) [online]. 2013, vol.19, n.2, pp. 187-202. ISSN 1677-1168.  http://dx.doi.org/DOI-10.5752/P.1678-9563.2013v19n2p187.

This essay intends to discuss the constitution of the subject and the collective, taking the theme of alterity as a starting point. This theme based on the Freudian text Totem and taboo, as we consider the latter to be of central importance to the analyses of the genesis of culture and civilization, particularly regarding phratry. Initially, we discuss the concept of alterity, taking as a theoretical point of reference the philosophy of Lévinas. Then, the focus of the essay shifts to Freud's Totem and taboo, in which we highlight the fundamental roles of the Father, the Law, phratry and the laws that rule coexistence among corresponding bodies, especially highlighting the lacanian contributions. We conclude that alterity is the central concept in the approach of mankind and its singular and social destinies, and that the adverse effects of annihilation of the Other and of the other can be

Keywords : Alterity; Psychoanalysis; Philosophy.

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