1st Edition

Technosubjectivities Human, Cyborg, Robot and Avatar in Contemporary Psychoanalysis

By Laura Ezquerra Copyright 2027
162 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

162 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

In Technosubjectivities , Ezquerra invites readers to reconsider the core concepts of psychoanalysis—unconscious, body, drive, transitional object, psychosexuality, and the conditions of symbolization—in light of virtual environments and technologically mediated experiences. Drawing on clinical experience and contemporary culture, the author proposes an innovative psychoanalytic approach for a... Read more

Acknowledgements

Series Foreword by Silvia Flechner

Prologue

Chapter 1.

Embodied Archives, Technological Inscriptions: From Flamenco to the Post-Organic Subject

Chapter 2.

The Body as a Transmitter of our Cultural Heritage

Chapter 3.

From the archaic body to the post-organic body: psychoanalysis, technology and anthropological mutation in the genealogy of Technosubjectivities

Chapter 4.

Fictions or Realities: The Cyborg Transference

Chapter 5.

Six Years Later: Psychoanalytic Sessions with a Cyborg — Towards a Clinic of Technosubjectivity

Chapter 6.

New subjectivities – Neo identities – Technosubjectivities

Biography

Laura Ezquerra is a Franco-Spanish psychoanalyst and researcher whose work explores mutations of subjectivity in the technological age. She teaches in the Master’s program at the University of Alcalá (Spain) and brings extensive clinical experience from both hospital and private practice. Founder and Chair of EPF/IPA committees on Technosubjectivities, she publishes at the intersection of humanities, art and neuroscience, and leads international interdisciplinary research initiatives.