Prazer e gozo nas toxicomanias / Pleasure and Jouissance in addictions / Plaisir et jouissance dans les toxicomanies

RESUMO

Este artigo analisa as implicações que as toxicomanias acarretam em termos de prazer e de gozo no campo da relação sujeito barrado ($) e Outro (A). Através da análise de material proveniente da escuta clínica em um Centro de Atenção Psicossocial – Álcool e Outras Drogas (CAPS-ad) e da leitura da obra Almoço Nu, de William Burroughs, pôde-se verificar que as toxicomanias representam uma tentativa de garantir um gozo que não requeira a passagem pelo Outro. Nessa tentativa, constata-se a dificuldade do toxicômano para lidar com a castração e ao gozo possível a partir dela, qual seja, o gozo fálico. Tais considerações permitem postular as toxicomanias como um novo invólucro formal do sintoma...

ABSTRACT

This article analyzes the implications in terms of pleasure and jouissance in the relationship between the barred subject ($) and the Other (A). Through the analysis of the material produced by the clinical listening at a Psychosocial Care Center for Alcohol and Other Drugs (CAPS-ad) and the book Naked Lunch by William Burroughs, it was found that addictions are an attempt to secure jouissance without passing through the Other. In this attempt, addicts find it difficult to deal with castration and the resulting potential jouissance that arises from reaching it, namely phallic jouissance. These considerations allow us to postulate addictions as a new formal coverage of the symptom...

Cet article examine les implications des toxicomanies sur le plaisir et de jouissance dans le champ du rapport sujet barré ($) et Autre (A). L’analyse de matériel provenant de l’écoute clinique dans un Centre de Soins psychosociaux – Alcool et autres drogues (CAPS-ad) et la lecture du Déjeuner nu, de William Burroughs, révèlent que les toxicomanies représentent une tentative d’ assurer une jouissance qui n’exige pas de passer par l’Autre dans laquelle l’on constate combien il est difficile au toxicomane de faire face à la castration et à la jouissance possible à partir de celle ci, à savoir, la jouissance phallique. Ces considerations permettent de postuler les toxicomanies comme une nouvelle enveloppe formelle du symptôme...