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Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society (2008) 13, 188–198. doi:10.1057/pcs.2008.1
The Notion of the Work of Culture in Freud's Writings
Eric Smadjaa
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Correspondence: Eric Smadja, 30 rue du Sergent Bauchat, F-75012 Paris, France. E-mail: eric_smadja@hotmail.fr
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Abstract
With a special interest in the modality of the different links between both psychic and sociocultural realities, our scientific interest led us to encounter the notion of the work of culture in Freud's writings. It seemed relevant to us to question more particularly its operative value in the link we were seeking.
Keywords:
culture, socialization, hominization, sublimation, symbolization