Em busca do luto perdido: o paradigma de Antígona na perspectiva psicanalítica freudiana

Abstract

In a world in which the defense of absolute market freedom is increasing, inequality, intolerance, hatred is growing. Population segments devoid of recognition as subjects of rights are swelled. It is in this context that the issue of mourning, in its political-public dimension, is put under examination, with a mainstay in the articulation between Freudian psychoanalysis and the Sofoclian tragedy "Antigone". The objective is to know whether the capacity for bereavement has been lost in relation to certain lives and, if so, for what reason. The methodology used is restricted to the bibliographic research indicated at the end of the study. The theme is developed in three stages. In the first, the phenomenon of mourning begins to be analyzed broadly, to then be treated in the psychoanalytic sphere, with emphasis on the work "Mourning and melancholy" (1917 [1915]) by Sigmund Freud. In the second stage, the Greek tragedy of Sophocles is synthetically exposed, from its historical context, with a view to the appreciation of the forbidden mourning of Antigone. In the third and final stage, the focus is the loss of mourning in contemporary times, a moment when the thought of philosopher Judith Butler will guide the debate, followed by brief critical reflection on the neoliberal system. As "final considerations", the main points of the previous stages will be reanalyzed together, which will allow us to conclude by the urgency of the rescue of the claim of Antigone and the investment in affective ties, advocated by Freud, as alternatives in search of lost mourning