The author of this article argues against the position that considers anorexia a new pathology, as defended by certain health professionals and the media. Freud's and Lacan's main contributions to the study of this topic are discussed here. Through clinical examples, the tie between oral libido and the death drive is described, as well as the subject's refusal to satisfy the Other's demand. In this case, the subject stands at the dividing line between the pleasure of desire and the jouissance of privation.
Anorexia; oral libido; death drive; jouissance