Psychology of the Ego, Psychic Energy and the Vicissitudes of a Quantitative Explanation in Psychoanalytic Theory

Authors

  • Bernard Apfelbaum
  • Vida M. de Prego
  • Marcelo Viñar

Keywords:

psicología del yo, epistemología, energía psíquica, punto de vista económico, punto de vista dinámico, intencionalidad, estructura, causalidad, represión, yo, superyó, adaptación, abreacción, catarsis

Abstract

Publicado originalmente en inglés en: The International Journal of Psych-Analysis v. 46, pte. 2; 1965 

Traducido del “International .Journal of Psycho-Analysis”, Vol. 46, 1965, Part. 2.

Podría decirse que las múltiples reconsideraciones sobre las concepciones de Freud, acerca de la energía psíquica, no han afectado la forma en que éstas son actualmente usadas. Esto se debe, en parte, a que dichas reconsideraciones han tenido lugar en el plano filosófico y fisiológico, sin tocar el marco referencial clínico sobre el cual se sustentan. (...)

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Published

1969-01-01

How to Cite

Psychology of the Ego, Psychic Energy and the Vicissitudes of a Quantitative Explanation in Psychoanalytic Theory. (1969). Revista Uruguaya De Psicoanálisis, 9(1), 29-63. http://publicaciones.apuruguay.org/index.php/rup/article/view/-

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