Dejours, Christophe

The Body in Between a "Tender Current" and a "Sensual Current" - 2012.


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According to Freud, the currents of tenderness and that of sensuality often enter into confict. Their 'peaceful coexistence'? raises the question of a topic of splitting. This article examines the conditions by which romantic meetings stabilize or destabilize splitting and under which circumstances love enhances health or rather leads to illness.