The Respiratory Drive

The Respiratory Drive

The central phrase linking the coronavirus pandemic to the Black Lives Matter demonstrations to the climate change crisis is "I can't breathe." What, if anything, does psychoanalysis have to say about breathing? Looking at Freud, Ferenczi, Rank, Winnicott, Lacan, and some current phil...

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Veröffentlicht in:Psychoanalytic psychology 2021-04, Vol.38 (2), p.128-130
Hauptverfasser: Webster, Jamieson, Gherovici, Patricia
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Asthma
Climate Change
Coronavirus
Human
Motivation
Pandemics
Psychoanalysis
Psychosomatic Medicine
Respiration
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Zusammenfassung:The central phrase linking the coronavirus pandemic to the Black Lives Matter demonstrations to the climate change crisis is "I can't breathe." What, if anything, does psychoanalysis have to say about breathing? Looking at Freud, Ferenczi, Rank, Winnicott, Lacan, and some current philosophical thoughts, the authors consider a neglected "respiratory drive" and its relationship to the death drive, giving us new insight into this unprecedented moment.
ISSN:0736-9735
1939-1331
DOI:10.1037/pap0000366