34814 2012 eng article 0 -- -- -- The purpose of this essay is to consider the role and the meaning attributed to the concept of >work< by an analysis of Freud's cultural writings. It concludes that there are important deficiencies in Freudian theorization about this topic which have led to the naturalization of man and society and, as a result, to an ahistorical view of social processes. These deficiencies have been frequently pointed out in the criticism made of Freud's work. International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 21 (No. 1, 2012), pp. 003-016. Antunes-Lima_M_E_2012 Z 071-2012 PDF-file / PDF-Datei PDF-file upon request / PDF-Datei auf Anfrage Antunes-Lima_M_E_2012 on request / auf Anfrage Maria Elizabeth Antunes Lima Articles / Artikel https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-Fromm/files/34814/Antunes-Lima_M_E_2012.pdf