Psychoanalysis and Biology: an Epistemological Re-Discussion
This paper discusses Freud's theory in the context of the most significant redefinitions in contemporary biology. Freud's ideas in general, as well as his conception of mental illness, were deeply grounded in the paradigm of evolutionist biology, which prevailed during his lifetime. Over the last four decades, another paradigm emerged in this field and became dominant, i.e., the informational paradigm. For this reason, some of the implications of this new paradigm for resignifying Freud's concepts like repetition, death drive and anxiety will be outlined.
Keywords: ANXIETY; BIOLOGY; DEATH DRIVE; PSYCHOANALYSIS; REPETITION
Document Type: Research Article
Publication date: 01 September 2002
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