Otherness and Adolescence: a psychoanalytic contribution to education

Abstract

This article aims to contribute to the field of education, using some psychoanalytic theoretical formulations related to otherness and adolescence. The theme of otherness is fundamental in both education and psychoanalysis as far as practice and research are concerned, especiallyin the realm of the psychic processes at play in adolescence, which involve important elaborations related to the issue of otherness. The proposed articulations in this article will make a significant contribution to the practice of educators, as a whole, and especially those working with teenagers, thus enhancing the importance of otherness and its role in adolescence.