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 The term '[[autonomous ego]]' was coined by the proponents of EGO[[ego-PSYCHOLOGYpsychology]].  According to the proponents of [[ego-psychology]], the EGo [[ego]] becomes [[autonomous ]] by achieving a harmonious balance between its primitive drives and the dictates of reality.  The [[autonomous ego ]] is thus synomymous with '"the strong ego', '" "the well-adapted ego', '" "the healthy ego'. "  [[Psychoanalysis ]] was conceived of by the proponents of [[ego-psychology ]] as the process of helping the [[analysand']]s [[ego ]] to become [[autonomous]]: this was supposed to be achieved by the [[identification ]] of the [[analysand ]] with the strong [[ego ]] of the [[analyst]].  ==[[Lacan ]] is very critical of the concept of the [[autonomous ego (see ]].<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]].

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