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Ego-ideal

Kid A In Alphabet Land Encounters the Elusive Ego-ideal!

The ego-ideal designates the point from which the subject imagines itself being seen with approval. It is not who one is, but the gaze before which one hopes to appear worthy.

Distinct from the ideal ego, the ego-ideal functions as an internalized position of judgment. It governs shame, aspiration, and conformity.

In Lacanian theory, the ego-ideal is bound to symbolic authority and identification with law.

Within Kid A In Alphabet Land, the Ego-ideal appears as a silent observer shaping Kid A’s actions from within.