2012
Cairn
Thamy Ayouch, « La psychanalyse : une pensée magique ? », Cliniques méditerranéennes, ID : 10670/1.kgjht4
This article aims to tackle the accusation that psychoanalysis may proceed from magic thought, by examining the functioning of magic thoughts and its operativeness as defined by both psychoanalysis and anthropology. Magic thought appears as a regressive omnipotence of thought, but also as a performative dimension of words, which proves fundamental in the practice and theory of psychoanalysis. The point will then consist in trying to maintain, both in the practice and theory of psychoanalysis, this performativeness of words without yielding to the omnipotence of thought.