The constitution of the subject in childhood: the role of the Other in Freudian and Lacanian psychoanalysis
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Psychoanalysis; Childhood; Subject constitution; Symbolic Other; Oedipus complex.Abstract
AbstractThis article examines the role of the Other in the constitution of the child’s subjectivity from the Freudian and Lacanian psychoanalytic perspective. Through a qualitative bibliographic research, it analyzes core concepts such as infantile sexuality, the Oedipus complex, and the mirror stage. The study shows that children’s subjectivity results from symbolic and imaginary relations mediated by language and the desire of the Other. The absence of this structuring presence compromises symbolization, as seen in cases of autism or symbolic abandonment. It concludes that caring for childhood requires singular listening and a symbolic place, reaffirming psychoanalysis as a critical and clinical tool for understanding subjectivation in contemporary times.
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Freud, S. (2010). O ego e o id (1923). In S. Freud, Edição standard brasileira das obras psicológicas completas de Sigmund Freud (Vol. 19, Trad. J. Salomão). Imago.
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