Repetição e gozo: meu bem, meu mal

Abstract

This thesis aims to understand repetition in its articulation with the jouissance. We know that repetition is the jouissance, which aims to get satisfaction, apart of the pleasure principle, as Freud had pointed out when addressing the repetition. To achieve the desired aim, this paper conducts a conceptualization of repetition using the contributions of Freudian and Lacan. We also discuss the theory of instincts, emphasizing the construction of the concept of death instinct. Since this work aims to make a link between jouissance, repetition and death instinct, giving prominence to instinctual satisfaction, we examined the modality of jouissance called plus-de-joir, directly related to the object a. Plus-de-joir is a supplement, a remnant of jouissance produced in process of significance, pointing both to a loss and to an excess. Finally, we examined the intimate relationship between transference, repetition and jouissance, especially the joints, intersections and disjunctions between those concepts. The theme’s relevance is indisputable because of the difficulties in treatment and the importance, in the process of analysis, to promote a change in the relationship that the subject establishes with its jouissance.