1. TRAGEDIA, COMEDIA Y HUMOR EN EL PSICOANÁLISIS.
- Author
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Elisa Escobar María, Carmen
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COMIC, The , *PSYCHOANALYTIC interpretation , *TRAGIC, The , *PSYCHOANALYSIS & philosophy , *PSYCHOANALYSIS , *EDUCATION - Abstract
Starting from the statement by S. Critchley that psychoanalysis is the extension, deepening and complication of what he calls the tragic-heroic paradigm, this article aims to specify that tragedy is what makes psychoanalytic theory and experience inseparable from laughter and the phenomena linked to it. This point has been insufficiently studied. Following these arguments, the paper presents some comments about the kind of exhortation that says "back to the things themselves" so close to the Freudian method, to the "use" of what is tragic-heroic in Lacan, to the concept of "das Ding" (Thing) and to the contribution of Freud to humour. On the other hand and completely related to this, the paper highlights some Lacanian observations that consider the "body" as key in the experience of the comic. Finally, the paper examines the opposition Bergson -Freud- Lacan concerning laughter, the mechanical, and language. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2008