La psychanalyse ne résiste pas à l'analyse
The text analyzes the foundations, development, and current state of psychoanalysis, and formulates a critical response to its current proponents. The first section of the text stresses the importance of two elements: the analysis of 31 cases documented by Freud, underlining the inefficacy of his approach, and Freud’s own acknowledgment of his literary vocation. The second section demonstrates that the dogmatic character of early psychoanalysis continues to prevail in certain milieus today. After describing how dogmatism ended Piaget’s career as a psychoanalyst, this section argues that submission to authority (a central characteristic of dogmatism) permeates the field of psychoanalysis and that its founding case – that of Anna O. – rests on dogma and fabrication. Drawing on examples from the works of Lacan, Dolto, and Bettelheim, as well as from current practice, the third section formulates a response to arguments that psychoanalysis has evolved, raising doubts about whether such is really the case. Based on the analysis, the fourth and final section concludes that attempts by psychoanalysts to bring the central current of neuropsychology back under their sway are ill-founded.
Neuropsychanalyse History of psychoanalysis Dogmatism Neuro-psychoanalysis