The body in Psychoanalysis: metapsychological answers

Abstract

In this article we go through the Freudian's thoughts concerning to the body concept whose presence rises on the origin of psychoanalysis. We intend to show that the initial moment is closely associated to biology when Freud establishes the division between biological body and psychoanalytic body. Afterwards, we checked how does the passage from self-erotic and fragmented body to unified body by narcissism. At this time, the concept of pulsion reappears and later will flow to the creation of the second pulsional dualism, the second topic and the emergence of the concept of body ego.