Abstract

CIFALI, Mireille. Ofício “impossível”? Uma piada inesgotável. Educ. Rev. [online]. 2009, vol.25, n.01, pp.149-164. ISSN 0102-4698.

The author analyzes the term “impossible professions”, of the two texts by Sigmund Freud: the “Preface to Aichhorn’s Wayward youth” (1925) and “Analysis terminable and interminable” (1937). She produces a current interpretation to the Freudian expression: a joke linked to the three impossible professions: to govern, to cure and to educate. She also addresses three possibly crucial aspects to the future: power, medical practice and ethics.

Keywords : Impossible Professions; Power; Medical Practice; Ethics.

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