Siegfried Zepf

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the role that the buying of commodities plays in the identity formation of the individual and conclude that it is nowadays no longer the instrumental utility value but a psychical utility value that influences the decision to buy a commodity.

Abstract: The author examines different definitions and applications of the terms “psychic energy” and “libido.” With regard to the “psychic energy” terminology, he shows that its application and usage relate in particular to the perspective of Brenner and not to Freud's definition. He argues that Freud uses the term “psychic energy” as a synonym for “libido,” and not “libido” as a synonym for “psychic energy.” It is demonstrated that in Freud's view, up until 1914, “libido” relates to manifestations of bodily sexual tensions, and subsequently this term applies to the manifestations of sexual energy in the psychic field. The author rejects this change in terminology and also challenges Freud's attempt to use dynamic-economic considerations as an explanatory device for epistemological reasons. Freud's concept of energy is inconsistent with the meaning of energy as defined in the physical sciences, and whereas the metapsychological topographical, dynamic, and structural viewpoints have a solid foundation in ...

TL;DR: This article argued that rationalization and intellectualization represent a specific handling of specific substitutive formations that are produced by other mechanisms of defense, such as ego-syntonic and socially approved substitutive motives, where the original motives are hidden and appear encrypted in consciousness.

TL;DR: In this article, the author discusses Brenner's conviction that Freud's view is not a misunderstanding but is true for psychoanalysis and rejects his conclusion, which is based on Habermas's judgement that Freud assesses psychoanalysis as a natural science, this constitutes a scientific self-misunderstanding.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated conversion, the process by which psychic contents are transformed into bodily symptoms, and concluded that this process cannot be explained by libido theory or by assuming the existence of a psychic energy.