Based on the experience of dialogue between psychoanalysts about clinical concerns, we discuss the challenge of sustaining the word among peers in the tensions, identifications and requests for recognition which thus emerge. We try to problematize the challenges that every person’s narcissistic ambitions, in a scenario in which the positions among peers are not previously hierarchical, bring to the possibilities of horizontal linkage of reciprocity, showing the political dimension that affects group configurations. Our reflection process is based on an interdisciplinary dialogue between knowledge from different fields, between psychoanalysis and philosophy. We consider that between differences and equality, helplessness and the search for recognition, sustaining the word is a fragile resource that may give meaning to the subject’s experience in the assembly of others.
Key words:
Psychoanalysis; politics; singularity; equality; recognition