Lo specchio dell'ambivalenza. Wittgenstein e la psicoanalisi

The Mirror of Ambivalence: Wittgenstein and Psychoanalysis - The relationship between Witt-genstein and Freud has intrigued many critics and has been interpreted in various ways. However, few people have noted how Wittgenstein’s view of psychoanalysis is marked by deep ambivalence – a fact that can...

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Main Authors: Diego Sarracino, Marco Innamorati
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Mimesis Edizioni, Milano 2011-01-01
Series:Rivista Internazionale di Filosofia e Psicologia
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Online Access:http://www.rifp.it/ojs/index.php/rifp/article/view/rifp.2011.0005
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Summary:The Mirror of Ambivalence: Wittgenstein and Psychoanalysis - The relationship between Witt-genstein and Freud has intrigued many critics and has been interpreted in various ways. However, few people have noted how Wittgenstein’s view of psychoanalysis is marked by deep ambivalence – a fact that cannot be overlooked in interpreting both his appreciation and criticism of Freud. This paper discusses how Wittgenstein’s arguments contra Freud, even where justifiable and not merely idiosyncratic, have been surpassed by the post-Freudian developments in psychoanalytic theory. Moreover, it is suggested that psychoanalysis itself, by postulating the existence of the unconscious, is incompatible with one of the most deep-rooted ideas in the “second Wittgenstein” – that is, the impossibility of a “private language”.
ISSN:2039-4667
2239-2629