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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 [[feeling]]s of [[guilt]] by accusing the partner of being unfaithful.
==Sigmund Freud==
[[Freud]] and many other [[psychoanalyst]]s 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 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===
[[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.<ref>{{Ec}} p.655</ref>
== References ==
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# 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
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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 [[feeling]]s of [[guilt]] by accusing the partner of being unfaithful.
==Sigmund Freud==
[[Freud]] and many other [[psychoanalyst]]s 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 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===
[[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.<ref>{{Ec}} p.655</ref>
== References ==
<references/>
# 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
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[[Category:Freudian psychology]]
[[Category:Jacques Lacan]]
[[Category:Terms]]
[[Category:Concepts]]
[[Category:Dictionary]]
[[Category:Psychoanalysis]]
