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− | [[Lacan]] coins the term ''[[extimité]]'' by applying the prefix ''ex'' -- from ''exterieur'', "exterior" -- to the [[Freud]] word ''intimité'' -- "intimacy". | + | [[Lacan]] coins the term ''[[extimité]]'' by applying the prefix ''ex'' -- from ''exterieur'', "exterior" -- to the [[Freud]] [[word]] ''intimité'' -- "intimacy". |
− | + | ==="Inside" and "Outside"=== | |
− | The resulting neologism, which may be rendered "[[extimacy]] in [[English]], neatly expresses the way in which [[psychoanalysis]] problematizes the opposition between "[[inside]]" and "[[outside]]"<ref>{{S7}} p.139</ref> | + | The resulting neologism, which may be rendered "[[extimacy]] in [[English]], neatly expresses the way in which [[psychoanalysis]] problematizes the opposition between "[[inside]]" and "[[outside]]"<ref>{{S7}} p. 139</ref> |
− | ==Examples== | + | ===Examples=== |
− | For example, the [[real]] is just as much [[inside]] as [[outside]]. | + | [[Image:Lacan-mobeiusstrip.jpg|thumb|right|[[Moebius Strip]]]] |
+ | For example, the [[real]] is just as much [[inside]] as [[outside]]. The [[unconscious]] is not a purely [[inside|interior]] [[psychic]] [[system]] but an [[intersubjectivity|intersubjective]] [[structure]] -- "the unconscious is outside". | ||
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+ | Again, the [[Other]] is "something strange to me, although it is at the heart of me."<ref>{{S7}} p. 71</ref> Furthermore, the center of the [[subject]] is [[outside]]; the [[subject]] is [[existence|ex-centric]].<ref>{{E}} p.165, 171</ref> | ||
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The [[structure]] of [[extimacy]] is perfectly expressed in the [[topology]] of the [[torus]] and of the [[moebius strip]]. | The [[structure]] of [[extimacy]] is perfectly expressed in the [[topology]] of the [[torus]] and of the [[moebius strip]]. | ||
− | == See Also== | + | ==See Also== |
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* [[Inside]] | * [[Inside]] | ||
* [[Moebius strip]] | * [[Moebius strip]] | ||
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+ | * [[Other]] | ||
* [[Outside]] | * [[Outside]] | ||
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* [[Unconscious]] | * [[Unconscious]] | ||
+ | * [[Real]] | ||
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* [[Structure]] | * [[Structure]] | ||
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+ | * [[Topology]] | ||
* [[Torus]] | * [[Torus]] | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Psychoanalysis]] | [[Category:Psychoanalysis]] |
Latest revision as of 07:03, 24 May 2019
French: extimité |
Jacques Lacan
Translation
Lacan coins the term extimité by applying the prefix ex -- from exterieur, "exterior" -- to the Freud word intimité -- "intimacy".
"Inside" and "Outside"
The resulting neologism, which may be rendered "extimacy in English, neatly expresses the way in which psychoanalysis problematizes the opposition between "inside" and "outside"[1]
Examples
For example, the real is just as much inside as outside. The unconscious is not a purely interior psychic system but an intersubjective structure -- "the unconscious is outside".
Subject as Ex-centric
Again, the Other is "something strange to me, although it is at the heart of me."[2] Furthermore, the center of the subject is outside; the subject is ex-centric.[3]
Topological Structure of Extimacy
The structure of extimacy is perfectly expressed in the topology of the torus and of the moebius strip.
See Also
References
- ↑ Lacan, Jacques. The Seminar. Book VII. The Ethics of Psychoanalysis, 1959-60. Trans. Dennis Porter. London: Routledge, 1992. p. 139
- ↑ Lacan, Jacques. The Seminar. Book VII. The Ethics of Psychoanalysis, 1959-60. Trans. Dennis Porter. London: Routledge, 1992. p. 71
- ↑ Lacan, Jacques. Écrits: A Selection. Trans. Alan Sheridan. London: Tavistock Publications, 1977. p.165, 171