Open AccessThe Fraternal: From the Intrapsychic to the Intersubjective
Author(s) -
Massimiliano Sommantico
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
revue roumaine de psychanalyse
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2457-6972
pISSN - 2285-1518
DOI - 10.2478/rjp-2021-0004
Subject(s) - psychoanalytic theory , theme (computing) , focus (optics) , psychoanalysis , field (mathematics) , intersubjectivity , reflection (computer programming) , epistemology , transition (genetics) , sociology , psychology , philosophy , biochemistry , physics , chemistry , mathematics , computer science , pure mathematics , optics , gene , programming language , operating system
The author, through the analysis of the psychoanalytic literature on the theme of the fraternal, traces a path aimed at bringing out the way in which this question has been treated in classical authors and in contemporary international literature. In a first part of the article, the contributions of Freud, Klein, Winnicott and Lacan are analysed. Subsequently, the author tries to show the theoretical evolutions relating to the fraternal, present in the contemporary landscape, with particular reference to the transition from an intrapsychic focus to an intersubjective focus. Finally, the author offers a reflection on the role of the fraternal in the social field.