Drug addiction and social discourses

This article analyzes the various discursive positions found in the phenomenon of addiction. The relations these discursive positions establish with the discourses of the master, the hysteric, the university and the capitalist are discussed. By analyzing material from clinical listening at a public...

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Main Authors: Rita de Cássia dos Santos Canabarro, Marta Regina de Leão D'Agord
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Universitária de Pesquisa em Psicopatologia Fundamental 2012-09-01
Series:Revista Latinoamericana de Psicopatologia Fundamental
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47142012000300003&lng=en&tlng=en
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Summary:This article analyzes the various discursive positions found in the phenomenon of addiction. The relations these discursive positions establish with the discourses of the master, the hysteric, the university and the capitalist are discussed. By analyzing material from clinical listening at a public outpatient drug and alcohol rehab center, it was seen that addiction can be described in different discourses. This article shows that the shift of focus from the symptom to the discursive position of the subject is an indicator for the clinical treatment of addiction.
ISSN:1984-0381