De lo literal a lo simbólico : una lectura desde el marco conceptual psicoanalítico a la pulsión oral en los actos caníbales.

Abstract

Talking about cannibalism generally provokes feelings of rejection in people; it is difficult to understand that human beings are capable of such acts, but what these people do not realize is that human beings by nature have the capacity and interest to carry out the most abject acts. The main objective of this research was to analyze from the psychoanalytic conceptual framework the implications of cannibalistic acts in the evolution of the human being, in order to have a greater understanding of orality and its inherent drive in the human being. To achieve this objective, it was proposed to examine cannibalism in history; identify the conceptual foundations for approaching and understanding cannibalism; and it was analyzed how cannibalism is presented as a metaphor from the psychoanalytic conceptual framework. This research was considered relevant because, based on Freud and a personal interest, orality is cannibalistic from the metaphor but human beings have managed to demonstrate that it also has vestiges of the literal. This research was carried out with the help of a qualitative approach; from an exploratory method and with data collection instruments such as: books, documents, scientific articles and documentaries that shed light on the case that was analyzed. These instruments allowed cannibalism to be located as a practice that still has relevance for society since although from a literal perspective they are increasingly strange, in contemporary times it can be seen reflected from a symbolic cannibalism.