Questions about otherness in infantile autism

Authors

  • Fúlvio Holanda Rocha Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Ceará

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1981-1624.v14i27p150-171

Keywords:

psychoanalysis, autism in the childhood, Other

Abstract

Since its invention, despite some controversy, autism has usually been characterized as a severe damage to the bond between the autistic child and the otherness. In this work, we discuss otherness in autism by means of the concept of Other: would this subjective condition come from the absence of a relationship with the Other or from the presence of a specific bond with the Other? It seems to us that the autistic situation implies an attempt of protecting oneself from the verb, from the field of language. As a consequence, autism becomes determined by a specific bond to an invasive Other, who threatens to swallow the autistic children in its absolute jouissance.

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Published

2009-12-01

How to Cite

Rocha, F. H. (2009). Questions about otherness in infantile autism. Clinical Styles. The Journal on the Vicissitudes of Childhood, 14(27), 150-171. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1981-1624.v14i27p150-171