The influence of canonical authors in the psychoanalyst's authorisation process

Abstract

The essay approaches the manner through which "authorships" are established in psychoanalytical discourse-considering, basically, the figures of authorship that organize the establishment of a psychoanalytical discourse (as Klein, Winnicott and Lacan, e.g.). Starting off by a presentation of the status of authorship within psychoanalytical discourse, the essay questions the centrality of the repetition of formulae with a canonical pretension and the overall role of dogmatism in the process ofa psychoanalytical "authorization". Finally, the essay suggests further developments and configurations to approach dogmatism and authority within psychoanalytical discourse in a renewed way.