Freud and personality alterations

considerations on histeria

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47456/sofia.v13i1.42538

Keywords:

Freud, personality, Janet, psychoanalytic theory, hysteria

Abstract

Freud proposed a theory of personality based on the establishment of psychoanalysis. Our goal is to go through some of his early texts, which were written together with Breuer, trying to delimit what Freud understood about personality alterations, such as dual personality. This phenomenon gained an important prominence in the 19th century, generating discussions in the fields of psychology and philosophy, since it implied a rupture of the personality unit. Freud offered an original interpretation of such changes in light of his investigations of hysteria. To explain the unfoldings of personality, Freud focused on a theory of defense, placing the repression (Verdrängung) as a model mechanism to understand personality and its pathologies.

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Author Biography

Yago Antonio de Oliveira Morais, UFSCar

Doutorando em Filosofia pela UFSCar. Possui graduação em Filosofia pela Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" (UNESP), no campus em Marília/SP. Mestre pela mesma instituição. Tem experiência na área de Filosofia, com ênfase em História da Filosofia Contemporânea, sobretudo na filosofia de Henri Bergson. Desenvolveu pesquisas de iniciação científica pelo Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico (CNPq) intituladas "A crítica à psicofísica na filosofia de Bergson" e "Informação e Semiótica". É membro do Grupo de Pesquisa Pensamento Francês Contemporâneo, vinculado ao diretório do CNPq e da Société des amis de Bergson.

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Published

22-01-2024

How to Cite

Antonio de Oliveira Morais, Y. (2024). Freud and personality alterations: considerations on histeria. Sofia , 13(1), e13142538. https://doi.org/10.47456/sofia.v13i1.42538