Thought, responsibility and acting out: the relevance of Ferenczi's criminology
Pensée, responsabilité et passage à l'acte : la pertinence de la criminologie de Ferenczi
Résumé
Ferenczi's criminology has historically had little consideration, despite it remains fundamental for the subsequent developments of psychoanalytic theory and clinic applied to the legal field. In this article, we will explore the theoretical implications of Ferenczi for criminology, drawing a lesson on acting out in general. Impulsive behavior appears to be the result of an interrupted or deficient process of subjectivation due to traumatic experiences that have not found elaboration due to a process of freezing and inhibition of the thought function. Two clinical vignettes show the absence of subjective capacity of elaboration of psychic material and unconscious representation, which are linked to acting out. On the other hand, these two cases demonstrate the significance of the psychoanalytic concept of extended responsibility, which also encompasses the unconscious sphere. Some thoughts about the relationship between the socio-cultural Mafia influence on the individual and the individual's subjective responsibility are developed through a psychoanalytic perspective with reference to one of the two clinical cases.
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