Censorship between conceptual evolutions and social changes

This paper traces the concept of censorship in the light of the most recent conceptualizations both in the psychoanalytic and in the neurosciences. In particular, we focus on the thought of Bion, Matte Blaco, Civitarese, Bucci, Panksepp and Solms. The scientific contributions are then used for a comparison and for a reading of the forms of censorship in the current society. In particular, the importance of the emotional dimension is emphasized, rather than the cognitive one, as a tool to face the censorship.