aphanisiS The literal meaning of this Greek term is 'disappearance'. It was
first introduced into psychoanalysis by Ernest Jones, who uses it to mean ==Definition==The literal meaning of this Greek term is 'the''disappearance'''.
It was first introduced into psychoanalysis by [[Ernest Jones]], who uses it to mean "the disappearance of sexual desire' (."<ref>Jones, 1927). For Jones, the fear of aphanisis</ref>
For Jones, the fear of aphanisis exists in both sexes, giving rise to the [[castration complex ]] in [[male|boys ]] and to [[penisenvy]] in [[female|girls]].
envy in girls==Aphanisis and Jacques Lacan==[[Lacan]] takes up Jones's term, but modifies it substantially.
For Lacan takes up Jones's term, aphanisis does not mean the disappearance of [[desire]], but modifies it substantiallythe disappearance of the [[subject]]. For Lacan<ref>see S11,208</ref>
The aphanisis does not mean of the subject is the [[fading of the subject]], the disappearance fundamental division - or [[split]] - of the subject which institutes the [[dialectic]] of [[desire]].<ref>S11, but the disappearance221</ref>
Far from the disappearance of desire being the subject (see S11object of [[fear]], 208). The aphanisis of the subject it is precisely what the fading of [[neurotic]] aims at; theneurotic attempts to shield himself from his desire, to put it aside.<ref>S8, 271</ref>
subjectLacan also uses another term, 'fading', in a way that makes it synonymous with the fundamental division of the subject (see SPLIT) which institutes theterm aphanisis.
dialectic of desire Fading (see S11, 221a term which Lacan uses directly in English). Far from refers to the disappearance of desire beingthe subject in the process of [[alienation]].
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 [[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.
