Abstract
Goal of this paper is to draw a comparison between René Girard and the Italian psychoanalyst Elvio Fachinelli, two thinkers that, although sharing interesting analogies, scholarship has never viewed together. Through the examination of Fachinelli’s reflection on anti-authoritarian pedagogy, group analysis, and
students’ protests in 1968, my paper sheds light on the reassessment of Freudian psychoanalysis from a relational perspective. By so doing, I demonstrate that this shift from a psychoanalysis of subjectivity to a psychoanalysis of inter-subjectivity shows striking resemblances with Girard's mimetic theory.
students’ protests in 1968, my paper sheds light on the reassessment of Freudian psychoanalysis from a relational perspective. By so doing, I demonstrate that this shift from a psychoanalysis of subjectivity to a psychoanalysis of inter-subjectivity shows striking resemblances with Girard's mimetic theory.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 109-122 |
| Journal | Contagion: Journal of Violence, Mimesis, and Culture |
| Volume | 26 |
| Publication status | Published - 2019 |