Adolescence 2021/1 39
Journal article

Of ants and men: Ecological activism and sublimation of the pubertary process?

Pages 125 to 138

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  • HAZA, Marion
  • and MOUTTE, Jean-Philippe,
2021. Of ants and men: Ecological activism and sublimation of the pubertary process? Adolescence, 2021/1 39, p.125-138. DOI : 10.3917/ado.107.0125. URL : https://shs.cairn.info/journal-adolescence-2021-1-page-125?lang=en.
  • Haza, Marion.
  • et al.
« Of ants and men: Ecological activism and sublimation of the pubertary process? ». Adolescence, 2021/1 39, 2021. p.125-138. CAIRN.INFO, shs.cairn.info/journal-adolescence-2021-1-page-125?lang=en.
  • Haza, M.
  • and Moutte, J.-P.
(2021). Of Ants and Men: Ecological Activism and Sublimation of the Pubertary Process? Adolescence, 39(1), 125-138. https://doi.org/10.3917/ado.107.0125.

https://doi.org/10.3917/ado.107.0125

Abstract
Authors

Cite this article

  • Haza, M.
  • and Moutte, J.-P.
(2021). Of Ants and Men: Ecological Activism and Sublimation of the Pubertary Process? Adolescence, 39(1), 125-138. https://doi.org/10.3917/ado.107.0125.
  • Haza, Marion.
  • et al.
« Of ants and men: Ecological activism and sublimation of the pubertary process? ». Adolescence, 2021/1 39, 2021. p.125-138. CAIRN.INFO, shs.cairn.info/journal-adolescence-2021-1-page-125?lang=en.
  • HAZA, Marion
  • and MOUTTE, Jean-Philippe,
2021. Of ants and men: Ecological activism and sublimation of the pubertary process? Adolescence, 2021/1 39, p.125-138. DOI : 10.3917/ado.107.0125. URL : https://shs.cairn.info/journal-adolescence-2021-1-page-125?lang=en.

https://doi.org/10.3917/ado.107.0125

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The authors see the activism of some adolescents in the fight against ecosystem mutations and the necessity of their being acknowledged by adults as the expression of a psychical work of democratization. The case of Jonathan, a tormented adolescent who raises ants, illustrates a possible way of encountering the non-human environment, one which is gratifying both for narcissism and for ideals, but which reveals considerable extinction anxiety.

Keywords

  • Extinction anxiety
  • Ideal
  • Politics
  • Pubertary
  • Sublimation

Publisher keywords: Astonishment, Psychotherapy, Surprise, Technique

Uploaded: 04/16/2021

https://doi.org/10.3917/ado.107.0125

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