A constituição masoquista do psiquismo : uma análise crítica da teoria freudiana do princípio de prazer

Abstract

Psychoanalysis has brought a new perspective to the approach on sexuality, relating it to children, pleasure, masochism, etc. This research aims to rethink the study of human sexuality in psychoanalytic theory, using as a frame of reference an approach on pleasure and masochism in relation to psychic constitution. We propose a critical analysis of three major Freudian texts, “Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality”, “Beyond the Pleasure Principle” and “The economic problem of masochism”, which aims to clarify the concepts of pleasure and masochism. In order to clarify this analysis and present our findings with more emphasis on this point, we interpret the cinematographic work “Eyes Wide Shut” by Stanley Kubrick.