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{{Les termes}}==Disappearance of Desire==aphanisiS The literal [[meaning ]] of this Greek term is '''disappearance'''. It wasfirst introduced into [[psychoanalysis]] by [[Ernest Jones]], who uses it to mean "the [[disappearance]] of [[sexual]] [[desire]]."<ref>[[Jones]], Ernest. 1927. "Early [[Development]] of [[Female]] [[Sexuality]]" in ''Papers on Psychoanalysis'' (5th edn), Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, [[1948]].</ref> For Jones, the [[fear]] of [[aphanisis]] [[exists]] in both [[sex]]es, giving rise to the [[castration complex]] in [[male|boys]] and to [[penis envy]] in [[female|girls]].
first introduced into psychoanalysis by Ernest ==Disappearance of the Subject==[[Lacan]] takes up Jones's term, who uses but modifies it to substantially. For [[Lacan]], ''[[aphanisis]]'' does not mean the [[disappearance]] of [[desire]], but the [[disappearance]] of the [[subject]].<ref>{{S11}} p. 208</ref> The ''[[aphanisis]]'' of the [[subject]] is the [[fading]] of the [[subject]], the fundamental [[division]] -- or [[split]] -- of the [[subject]] which institutes the[[dialectic]] of [[desire]].<ref>{{S11}} p. 221</ref>
==Neurosis==Far from the [[disappearance ]] of sexual [[desire' (Jones]] [[being]] the [[object]] of [[fear]], 1927)it is precisely what the [[neurotic]] aims at; the [[neurotic]] attempts to shield himself from his [[desire]], to put it aside. For Jones, the fear of aphanisis<ref>{{S8}} p. 271</ref>
exists ==Fading==[[Lacan]] also uses [[another]] term, "[[fading]]," in a way that makes it synonymous with the term ''[[aphanisis]]''. [[Fading]] (a term which [[Lacan]] uses directly in both sexes, giving rise [[English]]) refers to the castration complex [[disappearance]] of the [[subject]] in boys and to penisthe [[process]] of [[alienation]].
envy ==Mathemes==The term is used by [[Lacan]] when describing the [[mathemes]] of the [[drive]] and of [[fantasy]]: the [[subject]] "[[fades]]" or "[[disappears]]" in girlsthe face of [[demand]] and in the face of the [[object]], as is shown by the fact that the [[subject]] is [[bar]]red in these [[matheme]]s.
Lacan takes up Jones's term, but modifies it substantially. For Lacan,==See Also=={{See}}* [[Alienation]]* [[Bar]]||* [[Castration complex|Castration]]* [[Demand]]||* [[Desire]]* [[Dialectic]]||* [[Matheme]]* [[Neurosis]]||* [[Split]]* [[Subject]]{{Also}}
aphanisis does not mean the disappearance of desire, but the disappearance==References==<div style="font-size:11px" class="references-small"><references/></div>
of the subject (see S11, 208). The aphanisis of the subject is the fading of the[[Category:Psychoanalysis]][[Category:Jacques Lacan]][[Category:Subject]][[Category:Dictionary]][[Category:Concepts]][[Category:Terms]]{{OK}}
subject, the fundamental division of the subject (see SPLIT) which institutes the  dialectic of desire (see S11, 221). Far from the disappearance of desire being  the object of fear, it is precisely what the neurotic aims at; the neurotic  attempts to shield himself from his desire, to put it aside (S8, 271).  Lacan also uses another term, 'fading', in a way that makes it synonymous  with the term aphanisis. Fading (a term which Lacan uses directly in English)  refers to the disappearance of the subject in the process of alienation. The term  is used by Lacan when describing the MATHEMEs of the drive and of fantasy: the  subject 'fades' or 'disappears' in the face of demand and in the face of the  object, as is shown by the fact that the subject is barred in these mathemes.__NOTOC__
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