Neurological case histories challenge the Freudian definition of psychic plasticity.

Evidence

Has neurology today undertaken a thinking and writing of destruction more radical than psychoanalysis? As soon as one examines the literature of contemporary neuropathology, the question becomes inevitable. The case histories, in particular, make it possible to contest the Freudian definition of psychic plasticity. — Catherine Malabou, The New Wounded, 1294

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to Malabou’s stated debate with psychoanalysis and the neuroscientific turn in the wider thesis about destructive plasticity. — connects to: Cerebral trauma victims need recognition that bypasses psychic translation — Catherine Malabou, The New Wounded: From Neurosis to Brain…, 351; Neurological suffering poses the question of the psyche surviving its own annihilation — Catherine Malabou, The New Wounded: From Neurosis to Brain…, 1289; The cerebral unconscious differs fundamentally from the Freudian ego or agency — Catherine Malabou, The New Wounded: From Neurosis to Brain…, 1027 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Freud held psychic life autonomous from cerebral causes #expands (0.85) — Catherine Malabou, The New Wounded, 2055
• Plasticity is the organizing paradigm of contemporary neuroscience #complicates (0.80) — Catherine Malabou, What Should We Do with Our Brain?, 36
• Cerebral trauma’s identity metamorphosis must not reduce to any Freudian libidinal cause. #expands (0.80) — Catherine Malabou, The New Wounded, 1737
• The cerebral unconscious differs fundamentally from the Freudian ego or agency #expands (0.80) — Catherine Malabou, The New Wounded, 1027