An [[Condensation]] is an essential aspect of the workings of the [[unconscious ]] and especially of [[Dream Work|dream-work]], as described by [[psychoanalysis]].A single idea or image in a dream may represent the nnodal point at which a number of chains of associations or ideas intersect[[Condensation]], along with [[displacement]], and can thus be a condensation of both their multiple unconscious meaning and their quota of affect or emotional charge.The mechanism of condensation explains why the manifest content of a dream is often so laconic or fragmentary: it is an abridged translation of the latent content.The second basis mechanism of the dream-work is displacement.Both mechanisms can be observed in other unconscious formations, and notably essential process in symptoms of hysteria and neurosis; they are also important featurres of jokes.Following jakobson, Lacan likes condensation and displacement to the linguistic mechanisms of [[metaphorDream Work|dream work]] and more generally in [[metonymyprimary process|primary-process]]thinking.
[[Condensation ]] is one of the methods by which the [[repression|repressed returns ]] [[return]]s in hidden ways. For example, in dreams [[dream]]s multiple dream-thoughts are often combined and amalgamated [[amalga]]mated into a single element of the [[manifest ]] dream (e.g. symbols[[symbol]]s). According to [[Freud]], every situation in a [[dream ]] seems to be put together out of two or more impressions or experiences. One need only think about how people and places tend to meld into composite figures in our dreams. The same sort of [[condensation ]] can occur in [[symptom-formation]]. The other method whereby the [[repression|repressed ]] hides itself is [[displacement]].
Condensation, along with displacement, is an essential process in In a [[dream work and more generally in primary-process thinking. We tend to view it as a way of attributing]], to a person single idea or representative object, characteristics and properties that, from [[image]] may represent the [[nodal point of view of latent thoughts, belong to other persons or objects. In reality, if we go by Freud's text in The Interpretation of Dreams (1900a), condensation, like displacement, does not proceed directly by modifying the content of ]] at which a representation. All dreams are made up number of latent dream thoughts, each of which corresponds to one or several chains of associationsor ideas intersect, with each link being initially charged with and can thus be a psychic intensity. Dream work consists in changing the location [[condensation]] of both their multiple [[unconscious]] [[meaning]] and their quota of these fragmentary intensities without either increasing [[affect]] or reducing their global value[[emotion]]al charge.
In displacement, one assigns to link A in a chain The mechanism of associations [[condensation]] explains why the intensity initially associated with link B. Condensation, in contrast, operates by bringing intensities together. When two chains [[manifest content]] of association intersect, a [[dream]] is often so laconic or [[fragmentation|fragmentary]]: it assigns to the common link the sum is an abridged translation of the intensities [[latent content]].The second basis mechanism of the two intersecting chains[[Dream Work|dream-work]] is [[displacement]]. This nevertheless indirectly alters the representation becauseBoth mechanisms can be observed in other [[unconscious]] formations, and notably in the manifest content [[symptom]]s of [[hysteria]] and [[neurosis]]; they are also important features of the dream, a link will not figure if it does not retain an intensity[[jokes]]. By displacing the intensities of several chains to their common linkFollowing [[Jakobson]], [[Lacan]] likes [[condensation makes it possible ]] and [[displacement]] to represent all of the chains by a single link. Hence, there is an economy [[linguistics|linguistic]] mechanisms of means that contributes to censorship. As a result, when one link takes the place of several chains, this makes it more difficult to read through to the wish corresponding to those chains[[metaphor]] and [[metonymy]].
Condensation thus has an indirect effect on We tend to view it as a way of attributing, to a person or representative [[object]], characteristics and properties that, from the figural content point of view of representationslatent thoughts, belong to other persons or objects. It In [[reality]], if we go by Freud's text in ''[[The Interpretation of Dreams]]'',<ref>1900a</ref> [[condensation]], like [[displacement]], does not create chimeras that bring together in one element proceed directly by modifying the attributes content of othersa [[representation]]. Nor does it engage in metonymyAll [[dream]]s are made up of [[latent]] dream thoughts, in each of which one of the links represents corresponds to one or several chains of association. It is associations, with each link being initially charged with a process that operates by displacing psychic intensity, but when . [[Dream Work|Dream work]] consists in changing the intensity location of several chains is brought to bear on these fragmentary intensities without either increasing or reducing their common link, condensation seeks to represent them allglobal value.
When explaining the effect of condensationIn [[displacement]], Freud used the metaphor of italics. one assigns to link A representative link whose intensity has been reinforced by condensation has in a status comparable to that chain of a word associations the intensity initially associated with link B. [[Condensation]], in italics in a textcontrast, operates by bringing intensities together. This metaphor calls for When two remarks. Firstchains of association intersect, it assigns to the common link the intensity added to a fragment sum of a representation through condensation makes it possible, like italics, to stress the importance intensities of the representationtwo intersecting chains. This added intensity indicates at the manifest level that nevertheless indirectly alters the [[representation stands for ]] because, in the different latent chains intersecting at [[manifest content]] of the [[dream]], a linkwill not figure if it does not retain an intensity. Second, typographical emphasis warps By displacing the texture intensities of a text and invites us several chains to their common link, [[condensation]] makes it possible to look for links other than those offered represent all of the chains by successive statementsa single link. Typographical emphasis Hence, there is an invitation economy of means that contributes to [[censorship]]. As a result, when one link takes the place of several chains, this makes it more difficult to read through to abandon linearity and search for the dreamer's associationswish corresponding to those chains.
The notion [[Condensation]] thus has an indirect effect on the figural content of intensity is complexrepresentations. The term indicates It does not create chimeras that bring together in one element the psychic interest attributes of a particular ideaothers. But we may well ask whether this interest should not be extended to Nor does it engage in [[metonymy]], in which one of the affect associated with each chain links represents one or several chains of associations or association. It is a process that operates by displacing intensity, but when the instinct that determines each associationintensity of several chains is brought to bear on their common link, [[condensation]] seeks to represent them all.
When explaining the effect of condensation, [[Freud]] used the [[metaphor]] of italics. A representative link whose intensity has been reinforced by condensation has a status comparable to that of a word in italics in a text. This metaphor calls for two remarks. First, the intensity added to a fragment of a [[representation]] through condensation makes it possible, like italics, to stress the importance of the representation. This added intensity indicates at the manifest level that the representation stands for the different latent chains intersecting at the link. Second, typographical emphasis warps the texture of a text and invites us to look for links other than those offered by successive statements. Typographical emphasis is an invitation to abandon linearity and search for the dreamer's associations. The notion of intensity is complex. The term indicates the psychic interest of a particular idea. But we may well ask whether this interest should not be extended to the affect associated with each chain of associations or the instinct that determines each association. Although [[Freud ]] studied [[condensation ]] particularly in relation to dreams[[dream]]s, especially in ''[[The Interpretation of Dreams]]'', he also describes the effect of this process in other manifestations of [[primary process|primary-process ]] thinking, such as [[jokes]], forgetting names, [[slips of the tongue]], and symptoms[[symptom]]s. In these latter domains, however, it is sometimes quite difficult to distinguish between [[condensation ]] and [[overdetermination]]. In both cases, as the result of a transformation, a representation substitutes for more elaborate thought content. Both processes seem to proceed by increasing intensity, that is, by economic modification, and this results in the reorganization of the thought content. But whereas condensation can be viewed as a sum of intensities relative to forces acting in the same direction, overdetermination appears more as an appropriation of content by [[heterogeneity|heterogeneous ]] if not [[antagonism|antagonistic forces]]. In fact, the content of an overdetermined representation acts as a fulcrum for opposing logics and conflicting systems (such as the [[preconscious ]] and the [[unconscious]]). A [[thought content ]] (or [[representation]]) resulting from the interaction of forces pushing for the fulfillment of an [[unconscious ]] [[wish ]] and forces opposing it (the [[censorship|censor]]) is a good example of [[overdetermination ]] but not of [[condensation]], since the censor is not part of the latent dream thoughts. However, as soon as the signifying element begins to represent conflict (as in the case of a [[symptom]]), the difference between condensation and overdetermination is more difficult to establish.
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