Clinic of the void and testimony in the series Euphoria
- Autores: Jorge Martínez Lucena
- Localización: Revista española de drogodependencias, ISSN 0213-7615, Nº. 48, 2, 2023 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Imaginarios sociales de las adicciones en las series: representaciones de la hipermodernidad), págs. 95-105
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
This article sets out Massimo Recalcati’s Lacanian psychoanalytic discourse as exemplified in the first two seasons and in the special episodes of the series Euphoria (Levinson et al., 2019-present). Methods: In this article Euphoria series is analyzed. his teen drama television series portrays a new clinic typical of the new generations, which Recalcati refers to as the clinic of the void and which he distinguishes from the classical clinic of the lack engendered by neurosis. Results and discussion: Within the new narcissistic symptoms, Rue, the series’ protagonist, allows us to confirm Recalcati’s description of the discomfort of culture and of the metapsychology of our time, which he defines by means of the “Telemachus complex”, rather than the more pessimistic diagnosis of narcissism. Moreover, at certain moments in the series, we can also identify scenes and even episodes of special resonance that show that “testimony” –to use Recalcati’s expression– is what is required both in psychotherapy and in education to give the subject a new moral axis
