Homosexuality, freudian psychoanalysis and post-modernity

Abstract

The choice of homosexuality as central theme for this article arouse from a personal dissatisfaction with the “silence” surround this topic in the academic context. The few times the topic has been mentioned in the classroom, either in theoretical treatment or even informally, the discussion has always been superficial and permeated by dogmatic positioning over the religious treatment of the topic that has been ferociously combated and abominated by the intellectual academics, be they professors or students. The current work has the intention of investigating the development of homosexuality as a concept with its multiple historical influences, with the intention of revealing what is behind the contemporary notion of homosexuality. Keywords: Homosexuality. Freud. Post-modernism.