PSYCHOANALIS AND CONTEMPORARY WORLD: THE ONCOLOGICAL DISEASE AS MEETING WITH REAL

Authors

  • LUCAS NÁPOLI DOS SANTOS
  • CARLOS ALBERTO DIAS
  • WALTER WILLIAM PEREIRA BARRETO

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12957/polemica.2012.2991

Abstract

The present article describes the oncological disease as paradigmatic representation of the subject’s meeting with Real. From considerations about the effects of changes in social bond on the contemporary psychoanalytic practice, it addresses the emergence of the Real as the primary record in the current analytic experience. Presents a brief history of the notion of Real in the Lacan's teaching, making an analogy between cancer and the concept of Real as formulated in the author's last teaching. From reports of participants of the research “Patient and Nurse: actors in the process of coping with cancer”, indicates recurrence to the Imaginary as a way to sustain the subject's relation to the real of cancer. In conclusion, briefly reviews the place of psychoanalysis in contemporary times.

Keywords: real, cancer, psychoanalysis, contemporary world.

Author Biographies

LUCAS NÁPOLI DOS SANTOS

Psicólogo, Psicanalista, Mestrando em Saúde Coletiva pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Integrante do Grupo de Pesquisa Saúde, Indivíduo e Sociedade (SAIS)/ Brasil.

CARLOS ALBERTO DIAS

Psicólogo, Doutor em Psicologia Clínica pela Université de Picardie Jules Verne/França; Professor do curso de Psicologia da Universidade Vale do Rio Doce, Pesquisador do Grupo de Pesquisa Saúde, Indivíduo e Sociedade (SAIS)/Brasil.

WALTER WILLIAM PEREIRA BARRETO

Psicólogo, Mestre em Ciências da Educação pelo Instituto Superior Pedagógico Enrique Jose Verona/Cuba, Professor dos cursos de Psicologia, Odontologia e Farmácia da Universidade Vale do Rio Doce, Pesquisador do Grupo de Pesquisa Saúde, Indivíduo e Sociedade (SAIS)/ Brasil.

Published

2012-04-10

How to Cite

DOS SANTOS, L. N., DIAS, C. A., & BARRETO, W. W. P. (2012). PSYCHOANALIS AND CONTEMPORARY WORLD: THE ONCOLOGICAL DISEASE AS MEETING WITH REAL. POLÊM!CA, 11(1), 66 a 73. https://doi.org/10.12957/polemica.2012.2991

Issue

Section

DESENVOLVIMENTO HUMANO