Sublimation and death drive: pulsional defusion

Authors

  • Clarissa Metzger Universidade de São Paulo; Instituto de Psicologia
  • Nelson da Silva Junior Universidade de São Paulo; Instituto de Psicologia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0103-65642010000300007

Keywords:

Culture, Sublimation, Death drive, Drive fusion and defusion, Literary creation

Abstract

The introduction of Freuds second drive dualism is conected to a series of changes in the understanding of sublimation. Sublimation begins to present itself as the main cause of drive defusion, what leads to a paradox: for, if sublimation is the foundation of culture, it is also the cause of destructivity in this same culture. The death drive resulting from drive defusion has effects as much in each individual - as it is the case of social isolation and melancholy - as in the culture as a whole, as it is observed regarding to the primacy of image in contemporary society. This article aims to discuss some of the effects of defusionned death drive, understood as result of sublimation, mainly in respect to sublimation implied in literary creation.

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Published

2010-09-01

Issue

Vol. 21 No. 3 (2010): Dossiê Sublimação e outros trabalhos

Section

Dossier Sublimation

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How to Cite

Sublimation and death drive: pulsional defusion. (2010). Psicologia USP, 21(3), 567-583. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0103-65642010000300007