CHILD SEXUALITY, PSYCHOANALYSIS, AND EMANCIPATORY SEX EDUCATION IN SCHOOL
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.51473/rcmos.v2i2.332Keywords:
Emancipatory education, Sex education, Psychoanalysis, Infant sexualityAbstract
This is a qualitative and bibliographic study, which intends to present the theme of infant sexuality, investigate and unravel the concept of sexuality for psychoanalysis. Therefore, the objective is to start with the studies in hysteria by Sigmund Freud and proceed in the work of the Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality, with regard to the contributions of the concept of infant sexuality in the current times. Moreover, a necessary discussion is included on the possible articulations with the fi eld of Sexual Education, from a brief historical tour, to the current crossings around the emancipatory conception of education and the political and social setbacks. Freudian sexuality expands the biologizing readings and includes the aff ective-drive dimension of the body, which they can articulate with the educational fi eld. The schools challenge in postmodernity are complex and call for questioning the emancipatory conception of education. In this sense, it is necessary to think about how psychoanalysis and education can act together against the neoliberal machinery. Therefore, a constant psychoanalytic update with a view to emancipation can contribute to a path against culture, as Freud did in his time. As a proposal, an education that can open space for listening, desire and diff erences between subjects.