Os fundamentos da teoria freudiana da representação

Abstract

The dissertation The Fundamentals of Freud’s Theory of Representation covers the building process of the Freudian concept of representation from its inception up to the formulation of the seduction theory. The phenomena of mind are initially explained as conscious representational processes as well as incompatible to conscience processes. The incompatible representations bring the content from the experiences of sexual traumas suffered in childhood which was excluded from consciousness. The reason for the exclusion of the incompatible representations is because of the self-defense against such representations. Later, the defense process starts to be explained as an unconscious reaction. The unconscious representation shifts the discussion of the abnormal psychic processes from the physiological context into the mental context in which sexuality will play an important causal role. Thus, the Freudian theory of the sexual trauma representation arises, and, in turn, will serve as the basis for the seduction theory. The aim of this dissertation is to show the fundamentals of the Freudian concept of representation as a possible opening to the philosophical discussion of psychoanalysis. The work has as research source the first Freudian texts, showing the first notions of representation in the physical-mental field up to the development of the theory of sexual trauma representation. It also presents the theory of the psychic apparatus contained in the Project for a Scientific Psychology, as well as the formulation of the seduction theory. At the end of the study, we found that the representation in Freud acquires fundamental importance to the construction of the psychoanalytic theory.