ABSTRACT
Freud, the perverse-polymorphous sexuality and the critique of the degeneracy discourse: revisiting tensions between psychoanalysis and psychiatry. This paper discusses the Freudian critique to the discourse of degeneracy by analyzing the notion of perverse-polymorphous sexuality in the context of the discontinuities of his drive theory. To fulfill this purpose, the article revisits the discourse of degeneracy, detailing the conceptual net that supports it. Then, it scans in Freud, the severe critique to this discourse, from the analysis of the theoretical and clinical consequences of the emergence of the notion of perverse-polymorphous sexuality and its repercussions in the design of neurosis and fantasy. Finally, the study points to the relevance of the Freudian act of making tensions explicit between psychoanalysis and psychiatry.
Keywords:
Psychoanalysis; psychiatry; degeneracy speech; sexuality; Freudian drive theory