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=====Jacques Lacan==========Metaphysical and Philosophical Foundations of Psychoanalytic Theory==========Metaphysics and Philosophy=====[[Lacan]]'s use of the term "[[being]]" introduces a metaphysical note to his [[discourse ]] that distinguishes it from most other schools [[school]]s of psycho-[[psychoanalytic theory]], which refuse to engage with their metaphysical and [[philosophical]] foundations.<ref>{{E}} p.228</ref>
analytic theory, which refuse =====Analyst in Relation to Being=====[[Lacan]] argues that it is necessary for [[psychoanalyst]]s to engage with their metaphysical such concerns, for when the [[analyst]] intervenes his [[action]] "goes to the heart of [the analysand's] being," and philo-this also affects his own [[being]], since he cannot "remain alone [[outside]] the field of play."<ref>{{E}} p. 228</ref> Hence "it is certainly in the relation to being that the analyst has to find his operating level."<ref>{{E}} p.252</ref>
sophical foundations (see E, 228). =====Psychoanalytic Treatment==========Loss of Being=====[[Lacan ]] also argues that it during the course of the [[treatment]] the [[analyst]] is necessary subjected to a progressive [[being|loss of being]] (''[[being|désêtre]]''), as he is gradually reduced to being a mere [[object]] forthe [[analysand]].
psychoanalysts to engage with such concerns, for when =====Martin Heidegger=====[[Lacan]]'s [[discussion]] of [[being]] is clearly influenced by the analyst intervenes[[ideas]] of [[Martin Heidegger]].
his action 'goes =====Symbolic Order=====[[Being]] belongs to the heart of [[symbolic order]], since it is "the relation to the analysand's] Other in which being', and this also affectsfinds its status."<ref>{{E}} p.251</ref>
his own being=====Lack of Being==========Desire for Being=====This relation, like the [[Other]] itself, since he cannot is marked by a [[lack]] ('remain alone outside '[[lack|manque]]''), and the field [[subject]] is constituted by this [[lack]] of play[[being]] (''[[lack|manque-à-être]]'' ), which gives rise to [[desire]], a [[lack|want-to-be]] (E,''[[lack|manque-à-être]]''); [[desire]] is thus essentially a [[desire]] for [[being]].
228)=====Being and Existence=====Whenever [[Lacan]] opposes [[being]] to [[existence]], it is with [[existence]] in the [[real]], which contrasts with the [[symbolic]] function of [[being]]. Hence Something may thus ''be'' without ''[[existence|existing]]'', when it is certainly constructed from [[speech]] but finds no correlate in the relation to [[real]] (e.g. the [[complete]] [[Other]]). Conversely, something may ''[[existence|exist]]'' without ''[[being that ]]'', such as the "ineffable, stupid existence" of the analyst has [[subject]], which cannot be completely reduced to finda signifying articulation.<ref>{{E}} p.194</ref>
his operating level<!-- ==More==[[Lacan]] coins the neologism '''[[parlêtre]]''' from the [[verbal]] noun ''[[être]]'' ("[[being]]") and the verb ''[[speech|parler]]'' (E, 252"[[speech|to speak]]")to emphasize his point that [[being]] is constituted in and through [[language]]. Lacan also argues that during the course of the A [[human]] [[being]] is above all a [[parlêtre|speaking being]].-->
treatment the analyst is subjected to a progressive loss of being (Fr. dÈsÍtre), as==See Also=={{See}}* [[Analysand]]* [[Analyst]]||* [[Desire]]* [[Existence]]||* [[Speech]]* [[Subject]]||* [[Symbolic]]{{Also}}
he is gradually reduced to being a mere object for the analysand.== References ==<div style="font-size:11px" class="references-small"><references/></div>
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Heidegger (see Heidegger, 1927). Being belongs to the symbolic order, since it is 'the relation to the Other in which being finds its status' (E, 251). This relation, like the Other itself, is marked by a lack (manque), and the subject is constituted by this lack of being (manque-‡-Ítre), which gives rise to desire, a want-to-be (manque-‡-Ítre); desire is thus essentially a desire for being. Whenever Lacan opposes being tO EXISTENCE, œt œS with existence in the real, which contrasts with the symbolic function of being. Something may thus be without existing, when it is constructed from speech but finds no correlate in the real (e.g. the complete Other). Conversely, something may exist without being, such as the 'ineffable, stupid existence' of the subject, which cannot be completely reduced to a signifying articulation (E, 194). Lacan coins the neologism parlÍtre from the verbal noun Ítre (being) and a the verb parler (to speak) to emphasise his point that being is constituted in and through language. A human being is above all a speaking being.__NOTOC__ __NOEDITSECTION__
