Reparation: beyond the death instinct

Authors

  • Paulo Martins Machado Porto Alegre Psychoanalytic Society (SPPA)

Abstract

The theme of reparation was dealt with in a work written by me in 1985 and it concerns the reparation of objects and their consequences. I emphasize in this work the postulation that there are two forms of reparation: the reparatory fantasy and the real or true reparation. The establishment of the superego was a momentous event in the human race. He established the existence of the feeling of guilt. Reparation is an obligatory corollary of the feeling of guilt. Reparation is triggered by culpability. Reparation does not require the death instinct hypothesis to take effect. On the contrary. It seems incongruous with him. Epistemologically, reparation needs only the concept of innate aggressiveness.

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Author Biography

Paulo Martins Machado, Porto Alegre Psychoanalytic Society (SPPA)

Member of the Porto Alegre Psychoanalytic Society (SPPA)

Published

2001-04-07

How to Cite

Martins Machado, P. (2001). Reparation: beyond the death instinct. SPPA Journal of Psychoanalysis, 8(1), 17–35. Retrieved from https://revista.sppa.org.br/RPdaSPPA/article/view/989