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CYNICISM, A HASTY MESSENGER OF THANATOS

Author: Brînduşa Orăşanu
10-July-2025

Rom J Psychoanal 2025, 18(1):81-92

DOI: 10.26336/rjp-2025-0009

Abstract: The paper aims to address cynicism as a variant of cruelty in thinking. Cynicism would be,on the one hand, in a kinship relation with narcissistic perversion, distortion of reality and operativethinking and on the other hand, in a relation of defensive opposition with mourning, ideal, beauty andpoetic function. A particular relation of cynicism with the mental space and time is set forth, in anaction of "contraction" of the latter in order to control it. Cynicism is seen as an «ideology of thelimit», at the extreme, the cruel limit of life and death. As an illustration of this idea, comparativereferences are made to several movies: “Life Is Beautiful” directed by Roberto Benigni, “Ivan'schildhood” directed by Andrei Tarkovsky and “The Messenger” directed by Oren Moverman, as wellas in the novel “Everything Is Illuminated” by J.S. Foer. The paper also sets forth two clinicalvignettes.

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