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Whereas [[projection]] is rooted in the [[imaginary]] [[dual relation]]ship between the [[ego]] and the [[counterpart]],<ref>{{S3}} p.145</ref> [[foreclosure]] goes beyond the [[imaginary]] and instead involves a [[signifier]] which is not incorporated in the [[symbolic]]. | Whereas [[projection]] is rooted in the [[imaginary]] [[dual relation]]ship between the [[ego]] and the [[counterpart]],<ref>{{S3}} p.145</ref> [[foreclosure]] goes beyond the [[imaginary]] and instead involves a [[signifier]] which is not incorporated in the [[symbolic]]. | ||
| − | ===Introjection== | + | ===Introjection=== |
[[Lacan]] also rejects the view that [[introjection]] is the inverse of [[projection]], arguing that these two processes are located on quite different levels. | [[Lacan]] also rejects the view that [[introjection]] is the inverse of [[projection]], arguing that these two processes are located on quite different levels. | ||
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Projection is a defence mechanism in which an internal desire]/thought/feeling is displaced and located outside the subject, in another subject.
In a general sense, the term projection denotes an operation that consists in the displacement of something from one space to another, or from one part of a single space to another.
Cutting off what the [superego]] perceives as "bad" aspects of oneself (e.g. weakness or homosexual desire) and projecting them onto someone else "over there" where they can be condemned, punished, etc..
For example a person who has been (or who feels) unfaithful to his partner may defend himself against feelings of guilt by accusing the partner of being unfaithful.
Sigmund Freud
Freud and many other psychoanalysts use the term 'projection' to describe a mechanism which is present (to differing degrees) in both psychosis and neurosis.
Jacques Lacan
Lacan understands the term 'projection' as a purely neurotic mechanism and distinguishes it clearly from the apparently similar phenomenon that occurs in psychosis (which Lacan calls foreclosure).
Whereas projection is rooted in the imaginary dual relationship between the ego and the counterpart,[1] foreclosure goes beyond the imaginary and instead involves a signifier which is not incorporated in the symbolic.
Introjection
Lacan also rejects the view that introjection is the inverse of projection, arguing that these two processes are located on quite different levels.
Whereas projection is an Imaginary mechanism, introjection is a Symbolic process.[2]
References
- ↑ Lacan, Jacques. The Seminar. Book III. The Psychoses, 1955-56. Trans. Russell Grigg. London: Routledge, 1993. p.145
- ↑ Lacan, Jacques. Écrits. Paris: Seuil, 1966. p.655
- Muller, John P. and William J. Richardson. Lacan and Language: A Reader's Guide to Ecrits. New York: International Universiites Press, Inc., 1982. Projection, 34, 46, 51, 54, 62,116,169, 199,200,203,204,227,228,240, 241,254
