title: [Biopolitics in the genealogy of psychoanalysis: from salvation to cure].
abstract: The initial aim of this essay is to sketch out the historical passage from the ideal of salvation to the ideal of cure in the West, indicating the effects of the process of medicalization of society attained through biopolitics. In second place, it is intended to describe the different ramifications of biopolitics in the origins of psychoanalysis discourse.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Psicologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. regmarchese@globo.com.br
authors.forename: Joel
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Birman
mesh_terms: D002835:Christianity; D003643:Death; D005619:Freudian Theory / Q000266:history*; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D007323:Instinct; D019369:Life; D011057:Politics; D011209:Power, Psychological; D011572:Psychoanalysis / Q000266:history*; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D019529:Sexuality / Q000266:history / Q000523:psychology