Abstract

While respecting the ontological assumption of the unconscious, the author systematically critiques the concept of the death drive. It clashes with the dictates of contemporary biology, disrupting communication between disciplines. In clinical application, the death drive as metaphor demonstrates little utility. It also invites reductionism, risking oversimplification of extremely complex phenomena like aggression. Perhaps most importantly, the construct places the entire psychoanalytic project, already in an existential crisis, in peril. The author briefly introduces a complex alternative view of aggression, driven solely by eros but involving many complicated intrapsychic, interpersonal, and sociocultural factors. He suggests the death drive, however thoughtfully utilized, hinders the forward movement of psychoanalysis for reasons of consilience, incommensurability, clinical utility, cross-disciplinary communication, and political survival.

摘要

在尊重无意识本体论假设的同时，作者系统地批判了死亡驱力的概念。它与当代生物学的规定相冲突，破坏了学科之间的交流。在临床应用中，死亡驱力作为隐喻几乎没有什么用处。它还会引发还原论，冒着将侵略等极其复杂的现象过于简单化的风险。也许最重要的是，这种结构将整个精神分析项目置于危险之中，该项目已经陷入了生存危机。作者简要介绍了一种复杂的另类攻击性观点，这种攻击性仅由性欲驱动，但涉及许多复杂的内心、人际和社会文化因素。他认为，无论如何深思熟虑地利用死亡驱力，出于一致性的原因，它都会阻碍精神分析的前进，