Hysteria
Classic articles of French psychoanalysis
Keywords:
hysteria, libido theory, hysterical identification, projective identification, gender difference, phallic defenses, masochism
Abstract
According to Jacqueline Schaeffer, hysteria cannot be understood and interpreted without taking into account the theory of libido. In addition, it is impossible to speak of a conversion symptom or hysteria without recourse to the theory of psychopathology, which makes it possible to comprehend the material of observation. Nor can one be satisfied with a mere clinical description. Starting with Freud, madame Schaffer develops her personal theory of libido to explain hysteria and construction of the feminine. According to Jacqueline Schaeffer, that’s just the conversion hysteria "underlies the discovery of psychoanalysis as a method of psychopathological understanding and treatment".
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Published
2023-01-25
How to Cite
SchafferJ. (2023). Hysteria. Journal of Clinical and Applied Psychoanalysis, 3(4), 6-32. Retrieved from https://psychoanalysis-journal.hse.ru/article/view/16682
Section
CLINICAL PSYCHOANALYSIS