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The term negation (''Verneinung'') denotes a mental process in which the subject formulates the content of an unconscious wish in a negative form. The content of the wish finds expression in consciousness, yet the subject continues to disown it.
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This concept first appeared in Freud's work in connection with the analysis of the "Rat Man" when the patient produced an association having to do with the death of his father but immediately "rejects the idea with energy" (1909d, p. 178). Yet Freud's main discussion of the topic appears...
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==Sigmund Freud==
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For [[Freud]] the term "[[negation]]" meant both [[logical]] [[negation]] and the [[action]] of [[denial]].<ref>[[Freud|Freud, Sigmund]]. "[[Work of Sigmund Freud|Negation]]," 1925. [[SE]] XIX, 235.</ref>
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==Jacques Lacan==
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[[Lacan]] takes up [[Freud]]'s [[concept]] of [[negation]] in his [[seminar]] of 1953-4 and in his [[seminar]] of 1955-6.
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===''Benjahung''===
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[[Lacan]] argues that [[negation]] is a [[neurotic]] [[process]] that can only occur after a fundamental [[act]] of [[affirmation]] called ''[[Bejahung]]''.
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===Foreclosure===
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[[Negation]] must be distinguished from [[foreclosure]] which is a kind of [[primitive]] [[negation]] prior to any possible ''[[Verneinung]]'', a [[refusal]] of ''[[Bejahung]]'' itself.<ref>{{S3}} p. 46</ref>
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Latest revision as of 20:58, 23 May 2019

French: [[dénégation]]
German: Verneinung

Sigmund Freud

For Freud the term "negation" meant both logical negation and the action of denial.[1]

Jacques Lacan

Lacan takes up Freud's concept of negation in his seminar of 1953-4 and in his seminar of 1955-6.

Benjahung

Lacan argues that negation is a neurotic process that can only occur after a fundamental act of affirmation called Bejahung.

Foreclosure

Negation must be distinguished from foreclosure which is a kind of primitive negation prior to any possible Verneinung, a refusal of Bejahung itself.[2]

See Also

References

  1. Freud, Sigmund. "Negation," 1925. SE XIX, 235.
  2. Lacan, Jacques. The Seminar. Book III. The Psychoses, 1955-56. Trans. Russell Grigg. London: Routledge, 1993. p. 46