Bakhtin and Freud: Approximations and Distances

Abstract

This work consists of presenting the reading O freudismo: um esboço crítico, by Bakhtin/Volochínov in which this author shows the differences between the freudian thought and the language theory ellaborated by the Circle in the Marxist perspective. Our intent is to demonstrate that there is a reductionism of certain freudian concepts in Bakhtin’s text and still to make clear that, despite what is argumented by Bakhtin, there are approximation points between the conception of subject presented by the bakhtian Circle and the Freudian theory.