Sigmund Freud as Spectator of Charles Chaplin. Identity in the Difference
The Kid | Charles Chaplin | 1921
Juan Jorge Michel Fariña

Dr. en Psicología por la UBA. Profesor Titular Regular Psicología, Ética y Derechos Humanos e Investigador Categoría I Programa UBACyT. Co-Director de Ética y Cine Journal, Aesthethika y JAHR Revista Europea de Bioética. Director del partenariado UBA del Centre d´Études du Vivant, Université Paris VII.

Abstract

In 1920 and 1921 there were two events, one theoretical, the other aesthetic. Sigmud Freud published his writing Beyond the pleasure principle and Charles Chaplin premiered his film The Kid. They were both works of enormous influence in their respective fields. This article analyzes their points of contact, regarding the rights of the child, the issue of identity and death drive. Once again the cinema is presented as a supplement to the theoretical questions, allowing us to lucidly discuss current issues in relation to children and adolescents.

Keywords: Death drive | Right to identity | Cinema | Psychoanalysis

This article is, for the time being, only available in Spanish: Freud como espectador de Chaplin. La identidad en la diferencia and French: “Le Kid”: Freud en tant que spectateur de Chaplin : L’identité dans la différence


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