Mirrors in autism: pillars of the construction of an imaginary padding

Authors

  • Marina Bialer

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1981-1624.v19i2p294-308

Keywords:

psychoanalysis, autism, jouissance, imaginary, mirror.

Abstract

This paper discusses the role of mirrors as foundations for the creation of an imaginary padding in autism. Through the literature written by Tito Mukhopadhyay, we show the psychic function of the mirror as a foundation of a transfer to another imaginary non-human, demonstrating the feasibility of the invention of an imaginary padding in autism that can be the support to build the ego and the self-image.

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Author Biography

  • Marina Bialer
    Psicóloga. Doutora em Recherches en Psychopathologie et Psychanalyse pela Université Paris 7 – Denis Diderot e doutora em Psicologia Clínica pela Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.

Published

2014-08-21

How to Cite

Bialer, M. (2014). Mirrors in autism: pillars of the construction of an imaginary padding. Clinical Styles. The Journal on the Vicissitudes of Childhood, 19(2), 294-308. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1981-1624.v19i2p294-308