Abstract

LABARONNIE, María Celeste. The problem of one's own death: reflections between philosophy and psychoanalysis. CES Psicol [online]. 2022, vol.15, n.3, pp.225-237.  Epub Sep 11, 2022. ISSN 2011-3080.  https://doi.org/10.21615/cesp.6131.

This article approaches the issue of one's own death, the one considered by Freud as something impossible to represent. This paper has as a purpose to show that, although unrepresentable, analysis can and should generate certain knowledge about death. The Lacanian idea is taken as a basis that an ethic of desire forces the subject to enter that place called by the author "between two deaths" that turns symbolic death a prior data to real death. The contributions of Socrates and Heidegger on the ethical position towards one's own death are reviewed, in order to show the convergences and divergences between these authors and Lacan. Finally, aiming at showing there are clinical facts that indicate that the analysis produces a change of position in this regard, the dreams of several psychoanalysts who have published their experience of analysis are examined. It is concluded that the indicators for this change of position are mainly the issue statement of unresolved matters and the need for resolutive acts.

Keywords : death; mortality; Sócrates; Heidegger; Lacan..

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