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==Prematurity==The term [[helplessness]] of the [[development|human infant]] is grounded in its "'''[[helplessnessprematurity]]' is used ''" of [[birth]], a fact which was pointed out by [[Freud]] and which [[Lacan]] takes up in his [[psychoanalysisJacques Lacan:Bibliography|early writings]] . Compared to denote other [[nature|animal]]s such as apes, the state of the newborn [[development|human infant]] who is incapable of carrying out the specific relatively unformed when it is [[actionborn]]s required , especially with respect to ''[[satisfymotor coordination]] its own ''. This means that it is more ''dependent'' than other [[neednature|animal]]s, and so is completely dependent for a longer [[time]], on other people (especially the its [[motherparents]]).

--==End of Analysis== The [[helplessnessLacan]] of also uses the [[humanconcept]] [[infant]] is grounded in its 'prematurity' of birth, a fact which was pointed out by [[Freudhelplessness]] and which [[Lacan]] takes up in his early writings. Compared to other animals such as apes, illustrate the [[humansense]] [[infant]] is relatively unformed when it is born, especially with respect to motor coordination. This means that it is more dependent than other animals, and for a longer time, on its parents.  -- [[Lacan]] follows [[Freud]] in highlighting the importance of the initial dependence of the [[human]] [[infant]] on the [[mother]]. [[Lacan]]'s originality lies in the way he draws attention to "the fact that this dependence is maintained by a world of [[language]].<ref>{{E}} p.309</ref> The [[mother]] [[interpret]]s the [[infant]]'s cries as hunger, tiredness, loneliness, etc. 'abandonment''' and retroactively determines their [[meaning]] (see [[punctuation). The [[child]]'s [[helplessness]] contrasts with the omnipotence of the [[mother]], who can decide whether or not to [[satisfy]] the [[child]]'s [[need]]s.<ref>{{S4}} p.69, 185</ref> (The recognition of this contrast engenders a depressive effect in the [[child]].<ref>{{S4}} p.186</ref>) --- [[Lacan]] also uses the concept of [[helplessness]] to illustrate the sense of abandonment and '[[subjective destitution]] ''' that the [[analysand]] feels at the [[end of analysis]]. <blockquote>"At the end of a [[training]] [[analysis]] the [[subject]] should reach and [[know ]] the [[domain ]] and level of the [[experience ]] of absolute disarray."<ref>{{S7}} p.304</ref></blockquote> The [[end of analysis]] is not conceived of by [[Lacan]] as the realization of some blissful plenitude, but quite the contrary, as a [[moment ]] when the [[subject]] comes to [[terms ]] with his utter solitude. However, whereas the [[development|infant]] can rely on its [[mother]]'s [[helplessness|help]], the [[analysand]] at the [[end of analysis]] "can expect [[help]] from no one."<ref>{{S7}} p.304</ref> If this seems to [[present ]] a particularly ascetic view of [[treatment|psychoanalytic treatment]], this is exactly how [[Lacan]] wishes it to be seen; [[psychoanalysis]] is, in [[Lacan]]'s [[words]], a "long [[subjective acesis]] ascesis."<ref>{{E}} p.105</ref>

{{See}}* [[Development]]* [[End of analysis]]||* [[AnxietyInstinct]]* [[IllusionLanguage]]||* [[Narcissitic injuryMother]]* [[Nature]]||* [[Need]]* [[Punctuation]]||

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