The underlying theme of this contribution is the relationship between truth and love as expressed in Franco Baldini’s book, since it appears as the central question of psychoanalysis and its polarity through which one can identify the origins of the Œdipus complex and its relationship with the incest taboo. The objective of this paper is to develop and clarify the idea of a Christian-Sadian Society as a semantic horizon from which to identify the truth-love tension which appears to be rooted in the tension between the erotic-obsessive (Christian) type and the narcissistic (sadistic) type. Developing the relationship between truth and love entails dealing with the expression of partial drives, ergo with drive theory, and in particular the drive for knowledge (as sublimation of the drive for mastery) and the sexual drives. Furthermore this article suggests the possibility of fundamentally reconsidering the relationship between Nietzsche and Freud. By way of conclusion, there’s an allusion to overcoming the tension between truth and love by referring back to courtly love and in particular to the figure of Guillaume d’Aquitaine.

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How to cite (Chicago style citation):

Toffoletto, Edoardo, “Analisi della società cristiano-sadiana. Il sadismo come perversione della pulsione di sapere. Considerazioni a partire da F. Baldini, Transfert“, Metapsychologica – Rivista di psicanalisi freudiana, no.1 (2023), pp. 191-214

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