Σύμβολου: An Attempt toward the early Origins, Part 1

  • Giuseppe Iurato University of Palermo

Abstract


This is the first of a two-part paper in which I would like to propose some possible hypotheses on the early origins of symbolic function, which is the most typical feature of human being, based on disavowal mechanism. Briefly recalling the main stages of the history of symbolism, it will be possible to lay out many of its theories within the framework that we wish to outline with this work, this first part of which is mainly concerned with the basic psychodynamic notion of disavowal and its possible applications, above all in regard to fetishism. 

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01-Dec-2013
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Iurato, G. (2013). Σύμβολου: An Attempt toward the early Origins, Part 1. Language and Psychoanalysis, 2(2), 77-120. https://doi.org/10.7565/landp.2013.008
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