Journal article

“It does not preclude existence”

A Return to the Origin of a Freudian Phrase

Pages 77 to 90

Cite this article


  • Longé, T.
(2014). “it Does Not Preclude Existence” a Return to the Origin of a Freudian Phrase. Essaim, No 33(2), 77-90. https://doi.org/10.3917/ess.033.0077.

  • Longé, Thierry.
« “It does not preclude existence” : A Return to the Origin of a Freudian Phrase ». Essaim, 2014/2 No 33, 2014. p.77-90. CAIRN.INFO, shs.cairn.info/journal-essaim-2014-2-page-77?lang=en.

  • LONGÉ, Thierry,
2014. “It does not preclude existence” A Return to the Origin of a Freudian Phrase. Essaim, 2014/2 No 33, p.77-90. DOI : 10.3917/ess.033.0077. URL : https://shs.cairn.info/journal-essaim-2014-2-page-77?lang=en.

https://doi.org/10.3917/ess.033.0077


English

After some months spent in the Salpêtrière Hospital, Freud returned with a new master, Jean-Martin Charcot, along with the latter’s phrase which he often liked to quote and which has since prospered. As often with Freud, it is interesting to trace the origin of this assumption, with certain surprises in store, revealing the modes of detachment at work between the master he adopted and the disciple he could not be.

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