Après les deux volumes de L'Évangile au risque de la psychanalyse , Françoise Dolto poursuit ici devant Gérard Sévérin sa lecture des Évangiles à la lumière de son expérience de chrétienne et de sa pratique de psychanalyste. Si Jésus apparaît comme " le maître du désir ", et si la foi donne la conviction que le désir a un sens, les certitudes ne sont pas d'ordre dogmatique ni les jugements d'ordre moral : c'est dans l'ordre spirituel que Françoise Dolto replace la vérité de chacun comme la sienne propre.
Françoise Dolto (1908-1988)
Médecin, psychanalyste travaillant dans le sillage de Jacques Lacan, elle n'a cessé de défendre la " cause des enfants ". Elle est notamment l'auteur de Lorsque l'enfant paraît (Seuil, 1977, 1978, 1979) et de L'Image inconsciente du corps (Seuil, 1984).
Françoise Dolto was a French pediatrician and psychoanalyst, famous for her research on babies and childhood. Dolto revolutionized the field of psycho-therapeutic work with babies (notably in their early experience and usage of language through their body), with the mother-baby dyad, and with a more positive observation and understanding of the means of communication used by children with learning or social disabilities.
She worked with Jacques Lacan, and said that children have a language before the language (with the body). She has contributed to the question of the unconscious body image, and influenced among others the work of Maud Mannoni.
As a recognized feminist, she also worked on reconciling women with their sexuality; she also analyzed the attitude of children when their parents are separating or divorcing.
Françoise Dolto was the mother of Carlos (1943–2008), a singer; and the sister of Jacques Marette, a minister.
I find this book as one that can save lives, especially when read by teenagers and young adult readers. It speaks about desire, life and death, faith and sin, through the new paradigm of gospel citations. Christians who believe say that the gospels can save your life, but I find this book doesn't demand of you to be a believer of any religion in order to save you. I could call it "The Gospel according to Dolto", a lacanian psychoanalyst, who seems really to love human freedom and describes the path to a life worthy to be lived.
This book has been a true surprise for me. Written in a simple manner, without too much psychoanalytic jargon and in the format of interviews, it provides great insight and some very interesting notes on faith, love and life.
You don't need to believe in God to find this an interesting read.