This thesis argues for a new theory of medical humanities practice and research, known as Mind Interface Theory. It begins with the claim that Sigmund Freud expanded medical metaphysics considerably in "A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis," and that this expansion affords the possibility of thinking of the mind as a user interface. Capitalizing on this affordance, the work then introduces mind interface theory as one possible imagining of Freud's metaphysical system, separate from his well-known theory, psychoanalysis. More specifically, it uses his discussion of dreamwork to reveal reprocessing as mind interface's mechanism of healing, before utilizing this reprocessing principle to orient the medical humanities' research, providing a theoretical framework for increased collaboration between humanists and physicians and a foundation for two distinct modes of activist scholarship: product-based and process-based. / Master of Arts / This thesis participates in medical humanities scholarship by advocating for a specific theory of the field that stems from a reading of Sigmund Freud’s Introduction to Psychoanalysis, a brief series of lectures which were written down for public consumption. Instead of using psychoanalysis itself to form a theory of the medical humanities, my work abstracts the broader suppositions on which psychoanalytic interpretation is rooted. This broader framework I call Freud’s medical metaphysics and define as the assumptions about causation and disease which form the basis for his philosophy of medical treatment. In making this distinction, I can more ably build my own theory of a mind interface on the fact that the basic structure of the metaphysics advocated in the lectures implies a vision of the mind that can be likened to a modern user interface. Through conceiving of the mind in terms of a user interface, I use mind interface theory to frame treatment in such a way as to promote a humanist theory of healing. The purport of the method is that humanists can assist patients through helping them utilize signs, language, and symbols to reprocess their experience. The advocation of this method is then applied to current threads in medical humanities scholarship to suggest that efforts in the field would be best served if they were directed towards studying the artifacts of patient populations for narrative and rhetorical strategies which were effective with coping with a specific illness and fostering an environment where patients are encouraged to produce such artifacts.

Diante da explicação freudiana para o fenômeno da compulsão à repetição através da tese da pulsão de morte concebida enquanto retorno ao estado inorgânico, formula-se a seguinte questão: seria possível, por um lado, recusar a explicação freudiana pautada em seu biologismo mítico e, por outro lado, aceitar a tese de que a pulsão de morte seja uma força de desligamento? Para responder a essa pergunta encontramos um vasto material na obra publicada por André Green ao longo de sua carreira de mais de quarenta anos sob a rubrica trabalho da pulsão de morte, mais tarde, substituída por trabalho do negativo. Este texto tem como objetivo sistematizar a leitura e os aportes de Green à teoria das pulsões freudiana, sobretudo em relação ao segundo dualismo pulsional. Ele se divide em duas partes. Na primeira, destaca-se a análise de Green sobre as relações entre a pulsão de morte e a teoria do narcisismo na obra freudiana; na segunda, sua crítica em relação ao solipsismo freudiano e a necessidade de sua superação através das teorizações contemporâneas em torno às noções de objeto e de espaço potencial. Estas são complementadas por uma teoria da temporalidade do psiquismo. O trabalho defende a tese de que Green aceita o conceito freudiano de pulsão de morte enquanto força de desligamento, mas recusa o biologismo mítico subjacente à ideia do retorno ao estado inorgânico. Além disso, se Green concorda com a explicação freudiana para a pulsão de morte enquanto força de desligamento expressada no narcisismo negativo , ele se recusa a conceber que o processo de desligamento possa se instaurar de maneira espontânea ou automática. Para ele, este processo deve ser pensado mediante a articulação do funcionamento pulsional e da reposta do objeto que, neste caso, falha no estabelecimento do princípio do prazer; em outras palavras, o fracasso na instalação da espera institui a compulsão à des-fazer e des-ligar. De tal modo, a compulsão à repetição mortífera, ao contrário de repetir o desejo inconsciente e, portanto, estar referida à intemporalidade do inconsciente e à lógica da esperança é, na verdade, um anti-tempo. Nesse sentido, presente, passado e futuro ficam reduzidos ao instante da descarga completa de toda tensão, impossibilitando qualquer projeto. Dado o anterior, resulta que as teorizações de Green em relação ao trabalho do negativo, ainda que avessas à tese freudiana do retorno ao estado inorgânico, aceitam, não obstante, a tese da pulsão de morte enquanto processo de desligamento desde que esta seja pensada através da articulação das dimensões intrapsíquica e intersubjetiva. Isso implica pensar na resposta do objeto e fazê-lo responsável pelo malogro na instalação da heterocronia no psiquismo. 8 Conclui-se que a obra de Green oferece uma alternativa original ao biologismo mítico para a explicação da pulsão de morte / Given the Freudian explanation for the phenomenon of compulsion to repeat based on the death drives thesis, conceived as a return to the inorganic state, one formulates the following question: would it be possible, on the one hand, to refuse the Freudian explanation guided by its mythical biologism, and on the other hand accept the thesis that the death drive is a disengagement force? To answer this question we find a vast amount of material on the work published by André Green throughout his career of more than forty years under the title \"work of the death drive\", later renamed \"work of the negative\". This thesis aims to systematize Greens reading and contributions to the Freudian drive theory, especially regarding the second drive dualism. It is divided into two parts. The first one is Green\'s analysis of the relationship between death drive and theory of narcissism on Freud\'s work; the second one is about his criticism of Freud\'s solipsism and the need to its overcome through contemporary theories around the notions of object and potential space. These will be complemented by a theory of the temporality of the psyche. The present work supports the thesis that Green accepts the Freudian concept of death drive as a disengagement force, but refuses the mythical biologism subjacent to the return to the inorganic states idea. Furthermore, if Green agrees with the Freudian explanation of the death drive as a disengagement force expressed in the negative narcissism he will refuse to conceive that the disengagement process will be established spontaneously or automatically. To him, this process should be thought through the articulation of instintual functioning and the objects response that in this case fails in establishing the principle of pleasure; in other words, the failure of the waiting installation establishes the compulsion to disengage and to disconnect. Insomuch, the deadly compulsion to repeat, instead of repeating the unconscious desire and therefore be referred to the intemporality of the unconscious and to the logic of hope is actually an anti-time. In this sense, present, past and future are reduced to the instant of total discharge of all tension, precluding any project. Given the above it follows that Greens theorization regarding the work of the negative, though averse to the Freudian thesis of the return to the inorganic state, accept however the thesis of death drive as a shutdown process provided that this is thought through the articulation of the intrapsychic and intersubjective dimensions. This implies thinking of the objects response and make it responsible for the failure in the installation of heterochrony in the psyche. It concludes that the work of Green offers an original alternative to the mythical biologism regarding the explanation of the death drive

In this paper I have strived to provide a new view on a timeless classic of children’s literature, Winnie-The-Pooh. In psychoanalytic literary criticism concepts and theories of psychoanalysis is implemented while interpreting literature; in this paper, I have interpreted the novel incorporating concepts of the psychoanalytic schools of Sigmund Freud and Jacques Lacan while arguing that the denizens of the Hundred Acre Wood are manifestations of parts of the narrator’s unconscious. The first two sections of the paper present the theories and concepts of the two major schools of psychoanalysis as an introduction aimed at increasing the readability of the interpretation. The individual interpretations of each character are then presented separately, every section in some way involving psychoanalytic theory. Kanga, Roo, Piglet, Winnie-the-Pooh, Christopher Robin, Rabbit, Owl and Eeyore are shown to be repressed memories, feelings or thoughts. Included theoretical concepts are the Oedipus complex, the sexual development of infants, the journey of children towards consciousness, Lacanian desire and lack, Freudian dream interpretation and the conception that the unconscious is structured as language, among others.

<p>In this paper I have strived to provide a new view on a timeless classic of children’s literature, Winnie-The-Pooh. In psychoanalytic literary criticism concepts and theories of psychoanalysis is implemented while interpreting literature; in this paper, I have interpreted the novel incorporating concepts of the psychoanalytic schools of Sigmund Freud and Jacques Lacan while arguing that the denizens of the Hundred Acre Wood are manifestations of parts of the narrator’s unconscious. The first two sections of the paper present the theories and concepts of the two major schools of psychoanalysis as an introduction aimed at increasing the readability of the interpretation. The individual interpretations of each character are then presented separately, every section in some way involving psychoanalytic theory. Kanga, Roo, Piglet, Winnie-the-Pooh, Christopher Robin, Rabbit, Owl and Eeyore are shown to be repressed memories, feelings or thoughts. Included theoretical concepts are the Oedipus complex, the sexual development of infants, the journey of children towards consciousness, Lacanian desire and lack, Freudian dream interpretation and the conception that the unconscious is structured as language, among others.</p>

I'm working with photographs of Sigmund Freud's apartment and creating their pseudo reconstruction. I'm trying through technique of linocut uncover light from black and white photos taken by documentarist Edmund Engelman in Vienna in 1938. I'm revealing volumes of individual fragments, which light falls on. Exposed light I keep for myself, for some melancholy reasons, and store it in glass jars. It is negative and final linocut represents positive. Atmosphere of pictures from Edmund Engelman's book has a big influence on me as well as Robert Longo's cycle Freud Drawings. Their atmosphere is catalyst for my own art solution.

[pt] Este trabalho tem como objetivo apresentar as repercussões do declínio da lógica fálico-edípica sobre a produção psicanalítica a respeito da sexualidade feminina. Para tanto, traça o perfil do lugar do pai na modernidade e a fragilização deste lugar na contemporaneidade. A seguir mostra os reflexos desse estado de coisas na teorização psicanalítica atual sobre a mulher através da apresentação e discussão dos conceitos de objeto a, por um lado, e feminilidade, por outro, representativos de duas teorias psicanalíticas contemporâneas que estudam a questão da mulher. / [en] This dissertation has the purpose of analyzing the consequences of the decline of the phallic logic on the psychoanalytic theory about female sexuality. In order to do so, it discusses the role of the father in modernity and its weakening in contemporary society. Next it shows the effects of this state of affairs on current psychoanalytic ideas about women by introducing and discussing the concepts of object a, on one hand, and femininity, on the other hand which represent two different contemporary psychoanalytic theories that study female sexuality.

[pt] A presente dissertação busca analisar três escritos do psicanalista austríaco Sigmund Freud que tratam da questão da religião e do seu papel civilizador: Totem e tabu (1913), O futuro de uma ilusão (1927) e Moisés e o monoteísmo (1939). Escritas após certa consolidação da psicanálise, cada uma dessas obras aborda questões diversas acerca do fenômeno religioso; não obstante, existe um claro diálogo entre elas. A partir da observação de que o desenvolvimento das ideias do autor a respeito da religião significou, também, uma complexificação de suas reflexões sobre a temática histórica, buscou-se evidenciar esse processo e relacioná-lo com conteúdos do campo da teoria da história. / [en] The present master s thesis seeks to analyze three writings of the Austrian psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud that deal with the issue of religion and its civilizing role: Totem and Taboo (1913), The Future of an Illusion (1927) and Moses and Monotheism (1939). Written after a moderate consolidation of psychoanalysis, each of these works addresses different questions about the religious phenomenon; nevertheless, there is a clear dialogue between them. Based on the observation that the development of the author s ideas about religion also meant a complexification of his reflections on the historical subject, we sought to highlight this process and to relate it to contents in the field of theory of history.

The aim of this paper it to observe different approaches to human beings. Two major points of view will be that of Karl Marx and of Sigmund Freud. In which apects are their deffinitions of human being, behavior and thinking processes different and in which are they similar? How are their ideas transferred in the work of oher authors and where does it lead? Is it possible to find similar streams in the work of their followers? These are the two major questions that this paper will try to answer. Another meaning this paper should have is to create a meanigful and coherent source of various authors who were involved in examination of human being.

A presente tese pretende elaborar um modelo libertário em criminologia psicanalítica, buscando uma articulação entre a criminologia psicanalítica e o paradigma criminológico da reação social. Assim, pretende-se construir uma criminologia psicanalítica que, em vez de questionar-se sobre o que leva a pessoa a cometer o crime, associando criminalidade e psicopatologia, coloque seu ferramental teórico a serviço da desconstrução e deslegitimação do sistema punitivo. Ademais, a tese aborda aspectos propriamente clínicos, traçando encaminhamentos para a constituição de uma clínica psicanalítica da vulnerabilidade, tendente a propiciar o fortalecimento do indivíduo perante o sistema punitivo. Para tanto, a tese realiza uma revisão bibliográfica sobre as obras de Sigmund Freud e seus discípulos imediatos, a fim de demonstrar que o modelo criminológico legitimante da punição não se coaduna com a psicanálise freudiana. A partir dessa constatação e da colocação dos desafios consubstanciados no advento do paradigma da reação social, a tese traça encaminhamentos para a instrumentalização da psicanálise em direção à crítica das práticas punitivas institucionais. / This thesis aims to develop a libertarian model in psychoanalytic criminology, seeking a link between the psychoanalytic criminology and the criminological paradigm of social reaction. Thus, the thesis aims to built a psychoanalytic criminology that, instead of questioning about what drives a person to commit the crime, linking crime and psychopathology, puts its theoretical tools in service of the deconstruction and the delegitimization of the punitive system. Moreover, the thesis addresses properly clinical subjects, tracing referrals to the constitution of a \"psychoanalytic clinic of vulnerability\", aimed at providing the empowerment of the individual before the punitive system. Therefore, the thesis makes a review on the works of Sigmund Freud and his immediate disciples, in order to demonstrate that the criminological model that legitimates punishment is inconsistent with Freudian psychoanalysis. Based on this findings and placing the challenges embodied in the advent of the paradigm of social reaction, the thesis traces referrals to the instrumentalization of psychoanalysis toward the critic of institutional punitive practices.

Denna uppsats syftar till att lyfta fram förfadern i Tove Janssons böcker Trollvinter (1957) och Sent i november (1970) via en i första hand tematisk och i andra hand komparativ analys. Via närläsning av texterna undersöks de utmärkande dragen för Mumintrollets respektive Onkelskruttets sökande efter och möte med förfadern samt den betydelse som förfadern har för dessa två romanfigurer. Texterna tolkas med hjälp av Sigmund Freuds teorier om fantiserande och lekande respektive det kusliga. Resultatet i studien visar bland annat att båda romanfigurerna styrs av önsketänkande och gör sig illusioner om vem förfadern är och vad han vill. De är båda nyfikna på förfadern, men deras drivkrafter till att söka efter honom skiljer sig åt. Deras respektive möte med honom har flera gemensamma nämnare såsom beundran och avståndstagande. Förfaderns betydelse för såväl Mumintrollet i Trollvinter som Onkelskruttet i Sent i november hänger samman med identifikation och behovet av att känna samhörighet.