Lippi, Silvia

The Seductor between Tragedy and Neurosis - 2012.


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Through the analysis of the tragic figure of the seducer, in his obsessional and hysterical aspects, I would like to show how his schemes reveal his difficulty assuming his desire, and in particular, his desire towards a woman. According to our hypothesis, the Don Juan’s character is not part of the structure for the man, but it can present itself as a symptom, anchored in the paternal, not resolute question of the subject.