The psychoanalytic reception of Clérambault’s psychiatric thought

the mythology of doctrine

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https://doi.org/10.35699/1676-1669.2019.6882

Keywords:

Clérambault, psychoanalysis, mental automatism, erotomania, mythology of doctrine

Abstract

This paper aims to critically analyze how the ideas of the French psychiatrist Gaëtan Gatian de Clérambault were assimilated and transmitted in psychoanalysis, especially as a result of the Lacanian influence. Therefore, a synthesis of Clérambault‟s main ideas is presented, with special emphasis on those contained in his studies on Mental Automatism and Erotomania. Next, the psychoanalytic reception of these ideas is discussed, with an exposition and critical analysis of the most representative examples of his style. Quentin Skinner‟s work on the historical misconceptions often found in the field of History of Ideas is used as a parameter for this critical analysis, especially his discussion of the mythologies built up by the historians of ideas. In conclusion, it is argued that Clérambault‟s psychiatric work reappears in contemporary psychoanalytic thought as a form of mythology of doctrine. 

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Author Biographies

Marco Antonio Gasparetto, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora

Médico graduado pela Faculdade de Medicina da UFJF (1981), Residência médica em Psiquiatria pelo Instituto Raul Soares - FHEMIG (1982-1983) - Mestrado em Letras pela UFJF (2002) - Dourando em Psicologia pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia da UFJF (História e Filosofia da Psicologia) - Preceptor da Residência Médica em Psiquiatria do Hospital Universitário da UFJF - Psiquiatra e Psicanalista.

Richard Theisen Simanke, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora

Formado em Psicologia pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Mestre em Filosofia e Metodologia das Ciências pela Universidade Federal de São Carlos (1992) e Doutor em Filosofia pela USP (1997). Professor da Universidade Federal de São Carlos entre 1994 e 2012. Atualmente, é Professor Titular do Departamento de Psicologia da Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF). Professor e orientador de mestrado e doutorado do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia da UFJF, desde agosto de 2012

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Published

2019-10-20

How to Cite

Gasparetto, M. A., & Simanke, R. T. (2019). The psychoanalytic reception of Clérambault’s psychiatric thought: the mythology of doctrine. Memorandum: Memory and History in Psychology, 36, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.35699/1676-1669.2019.6882

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Vol. 36 (2019)

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