24,656
edits
Changes
Need
,→Hypothesis
[[Desire]], on the other hand, is a constant force which can never be [[satisfied]], the constant 'pressure' which underlies the [[drives]].
===The Hypothesisof a Pre-Linguistic Need===This account presents in [[chronological ]] terms what is in fact a question of [[structure]].
In truth, it is not the case that there first exists a [[subject]] of pure [[need]] which then attempts to articulate that [[need]] in [[language]], since the distinction between pure [[need]] and its articulation in [[demand]] only exists from the moment of its articulation, by which time it is impossible to determine what that pure [[need]] could have been.
The concept of a pre-[[linguistic]] [[need]] is thus merely a hypothesis, and the [[subject]] of this pure [[need]] is a mythical [[subject]]; even the paradigmatic [[need]] of hunger never exists as a pure [[biological]] given, but is marked by the [[structure]] of [[desire]].
Nevertheless, this hypothesis is useful to [[Lacan]] for maintaining his theses about the radical divergence between human desire and all [[natural ]] or [[biological ]] categories.
==See Also==
