Revue française de psychanalyse 2018/4 Vol. 82
Journal article

Caravaggio, or the violent seduction of death

Pages 897 to 907

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  • BERNATEAU, Isée,
2018. Caravaggio, or the violent seduction of death. Revue française de psychanalyse, 2018/4 Vol. 82, p.897-907. DOI : 10.3917/rfp.824.0897. URL : https://shs.cairn.info/journal-revue-francaise-de-psychanalyse-2018-4-page-897?lang=en.
  • Bernateau, Isée.
« Caravaggio, or the violent seduction of death ». Revue française de psychanalyse, 2018/4 Vol. 82, 2018. p.897-907. CAIRN.INFO, shs.cairn.info/journal-revue-francaise-de-psychanalyse-2018-4-page-897?lang=en.
  • Bernateau, I.
(2018). Caravaggio, Or the Violent Seduction of Death. Revue française de psychanalyse, . 82(4), 897-907. https://doi.org/10.3917/rfp.824.0897.

https://doi.org/10.3917/rfp.824.0897

Abstract
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Cite this article

  • Bernateau, I.
(2018). Caravaggio, Or the Violent Seduction of Death. Revue française de psychanalyse, . 82(4), 897-907. https://doi.org/10.3917/rfp.824.0897.
  • Bernateau, Isée.
« Caravaggio, or the violent seduction of death ». Revue française de psychanalyse, 2018/4 Vol. 82, 2018. p.897-907. CAIRN.INFO, shs.cairn.info/journal-revue-francaise-de-psychanalyse-2018-4-page-897?lang=en.
  • BERNATEAU, Isée,
2018. Caravaggio, or the violent seduction of death. Revue française de psychanalyse, 2018/4 Vol. 82, p.897-907. DOI : 10.3917/rfp.824.0897. URL : https://shs.cairn.info/journal-revue-francaise-de-psychanalyse-2018-4-page-897?lang=en.

https://doi.org/10.3917/rfp.824.0897

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Through the violent seduction of Caravaggio’s work, the author examines the Lacanian rereading of the concept of the death drive, revealing its enigmatic and irreducible link with the Thing (la Chose) as the basis of human sexuality.

Keywords

  • Violence
  • Death drive
  • Sexuality
  • Sado-masochism
  • The Thing

Publisher keywords: Death drive, Sado-masochism, Sexuality, The Thing, Violence

Uploaded: 11/14/2018

https://doi.org/10.3917/rfp.824.0897

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