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==Adaptation==
According to the proponents of [[ego-psychology]], the [[ego]] becomes [[autonomous]] by achieving a [[adaptation|harmonious balance]] between its [[primitive ]] [[drive]]s and the dictates of [[reality]].
The [[autonomous ego]] is thus synomymous with "the strong ego," "the well-adapted ego," "the healthy ego."
==Identification==
[[Psychoanalysis]] was conceived of by the proponents of [[ego-psychology]] as the [[process ]] of helping the [[analysand]] [[ego]] to become [[autonomous]]: this was supposed to be achieved by the [[identification]] of the [[analysand]] with the strong [[ego]] of the [[analyst]].
==Narcissism==
[[Lacan]] is very critical of the [[concept ]] of the [[autonomous ego]].<ref>{{E}} p.306-7</ref>
He argues that the [[ego]] is not free but determined by the [[symbolic order]].
The [[autonomy]] of the [[ego]] is simply a [[narcissistic]] [[illusion]] of [[mastery]].
It is the [[symbolic order]], and not the [[ego]], which [[enjoys ]] [[autonomy]].
==See Also==
== References ==
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