Effects of a symbolic inefficiency on a child´s body

Authors

  • Caio César S. C. Próchono Universidade Federal de Uberlândia
  • Cristina Leles Silva Universidade Federal de Uberlândia
  • João Luiz Leitão Paravidini Universidade Federal de Uberlândia; Instituto de Psicologia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1981-1624.v15i2p400-419

Keywords:

contemporary, subjectivity and body, childhood, psychoanalysis

Abstract

In this paper we highlight the relations between some of the contemporary phenomena and their effects on the child´s body. We start from the assumption that the utilitarian relations, the consumerist ideal and symbolic weakness currently contribute not only to the formation of symptoms in the child´s body but also for the fact that the child´s body is taken as an object by another. From the analysis of a clinical case, we conclude that the contemporary setting makes the existence of significant impossibilities in the process of subject constitution. Such impossibilities result in the difficulty of the passage from the body enjoyment to language.

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Published

2010-12-01

How to Cite

Próchono, C. C. S. C., Silva, C. L., & Paravidini, J. L. L. (2010). Effects of a symbolic inefficiency on a child´s body. Clinical Styles. The Journal on the Vicissitudes of Childhood, 15(2), 400-419. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1981-1624.v15i2p400-419