The role and the meaning of work in Freud's cultural writings

Maria Elizabeth Antunes Lima is an associate lecturer at the Federal University of the State of University, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. She has taught at this university since 1978 and graduated in psychology from the same institution. She received her doctorate degree in the sociology of work from the University of Paris IX (Paris-Dauphine) in 1992. Her research and publications are focused on the areas of the psychology of work, mental health in the workplace and the clinical psychology of activity.