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==Sigmund Freud=====Development of the Term===The concept of 'term "[[narcissism]]" first appears in [[Freud]]' s [[Works of Sigmund Freud|work]] in 1910, but it is not until his [[work]] "[[Freud|On Narcissism: An Introduction]]"<ref>{{F}} "[[Works of Sigmund Freud|On Narcissism: An Introduction]]," 1914c. [[SE]] XIV, 69.</ref> that the [[concept]] begins to play a central [[role ]] in [[psychoanalytic theory]].
===Investment of the Libido in the Ego===From this point on, [[Freud]] defines [[narcissism]] are as the investment of [[libido]] in the [[ego]], and opposes it to [[object]]-[[love]], in which [[libido]] is invested in [[object]]s.
===Birth of the Ego===
[[Lacan]] attributes great importance to this [[phase]] in [[Freud]]'s work, since it clearly inscribes the [[ego]] as an [[object]] of the [[libido|libidinal economy]], and [[links]] the [[birth]] of the [[ego]] to the [[narcissism|narcissistic stage]] of [[development]].
===Narcissistic Stage of Development===[[LacanNarcissism]] attributes great importance to this phase in is different from the prior [[stage]] of [[Freudautoeroticism]]'s work, since it clearly inscribes (in which the [[ego]] as an does not [[objectexist]] of the as a [[libido|libidinal economyunity]]), and links the birth of the only comes [[about]] when "a new [[egopsychical]] to the [[narcissism|narcissistic stageaction]] of " gives birth to the [[developmentego]].
===Identification with the Specular Image===
[[Lacan]] thus defines [[narcissism]] as the erotic attraction to the [[specular image]]; this erotic relation underlies the primary [[identification]] by which the [[ego]] is formed in the [[mirror stage]].
===Erotic-Aggressive Character of Narcissism===[[Narcissism]] has both an [[erotic ]] [[character ]] and an [[aggressive]] character. It is erotic, as the myth of [[Narcissus]] shows, since the [[subject]] is strongly attracted to the [[gestalt]] that is his [[image]]. It is [[aggressive]], since the [[wholeness]] of the [[specular image]] contrasts with the uncoordinated disunity of the [[subject]]'s [[real]] [[body]], and thus seems to threaten the [[subject]] with [[fragmented body|disintegration]].
===Imaginary Dimension of Human Relationships===
The [[narcissistic]] relation constitutes the [[imaginary]] [[dimension]] of [[human]] relationships.<ref>{{S3}} p. 92</ref>
==See Also==
* [[Aggressivity]]
* [[Autoeroticism]]
* [[Body]]
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* [[Imaginary]]
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* [[Libido]]
* [[Mirror stage]]
* [[Specular image]]
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