ABSTRACT

This book emphasizes the influence of the name given at birth in terms of the construction of subjectivity. It offers the reader a fascinating journey through the meanders of culture, literary quotations, stories heard, and a difficult journey through the pain and horror of certain realities.

chapter One|6 pages

Why do we name?

chapter Three|25 pages

The meaning of names in different cultures

chapter Four|11 pages

Naming in the Old Testament

chapter Seven|10 pages

Freud and names

chapter Eight|34 pages

The name in literature

chapter Nine|17 pages

State terrorism in Argentina and children seized by the military power (1976–1983)

The theft of children's identity: restitution of their identity and recovery of their given names and family names