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===Symbolic Death===[[Death]] is constitutive of the thing: '[[symbolic]] [[order]], because the [[symbol is the murder ]], by standing in [[place]] of the [[thing' (E, 104). Also]] which it [[symbolization|symbolizes]], is equivalent to the 'first -[[death]] of that [[thing]]:
<blockquote>"The [[symbol' in human history ]] is the tomb ([[murder]] of the [[thing]]."<ref>{{E, }} p. 104). It is only by virtue of the -</ref></blockquote>
====Death of the Subject====It is only by virtue of the [[signifier ]] that man the [[subject]] has access to and can conceive of his own [[death; 'It is in the -]]:
<blockquote>"It is in the signifier and insofar as [[The Subject|the subject ]] articulates a signifying [[chain ]] that he comesup against the fact that he may [[disappear]] from the chain of what he is."<ref>{{S7}} p. 295</ref></blockquote>
up against ===Subject Beyond Death===The [[signifier]] also puts the fact that he may disappear from [[subject]] beyond [[death]], because "the chain of what he is' (S7[[signifier]] already considers him [[dead]],by [[nature]] it immortalizes him."<ref>{{S3}} p. 180</ref>
295)====Dead Father====[[Death]] in the [[symbolic order]] is related to the [[death]] of the [[Father]] (i.e. The signifier also puts the subject beyond deathmurder of the [[father]] of the [[horde]] in ''[[Totem and Taboo]]''<ref>{{F}} ''[[Totem and Taboo]]'', 1912-13. [[SE]] XIII, because '1</ref>); the signifier[[symbolic]] [[father]] is always a [[dead]] [[father]].
already considers him dead===Second Death=======First Death====In the [[seminar]] of 1959-60, by nature it immortalises him' (S3'[[The Ethics of Psychoanalysis]]'', 180)[[Lacan]] talks [[about]] the "[[second death]]. Death in"<ref>{{S7}} p. 211</ref>
the symbolic order The [[death|first death]] is related to the [[materialism|physical]] [[death ]] of the Father (i[[body]].e. the murder of the
father The [[death|first death]] ends one [[human|human life]] but which does not put an end to the cycles of the horde in Totem corruption and Taboo; Freud, 1912-13); the symbolic fatherregeneration.
The [[death|second death]] is always a that which prevents the regeneration of the [[dead father]] [[body]], "the point at which the very cycles of the transformations of nature are annihilated."<ref>{{S7}} p. 248</ref>
2. In ====Beauty, Being, Pain====The [[concept]] of the seminar of 1959[[second death]] is used by [[Lacan]] to formulate [[ideas]] on various themes: * beauty -60, 'The Ethics "It is the function of Psychoanalysisbeauty to reveal man's [[relationship]] to his own death."<ref>{{S7}} p. 260, Lacan talks299</ref>* the direct relationship to [[being]];<ref>{{S7}} p. 285</ref> and * the [[sadistic]] [[fantasy]] of inflicting perpetual [[pain]]<ref>{{S7}} p. 295</ref>
about ====Between the Two Deaths====The phrase "[[zone between-two-deaths]]" (''[[l'second deathespace de l' (a phrase entre-deux-morts]]'') designates "the zone in which he coins in reference to a passage[[tragedy]] is played out."<ref>{{S8}} p. 120</ref>
from ===Philosophical Death=======Hegel and Heidegger====[[Death]] plays an important [[role]] in the Marquis de Sade's novel Juliette[[philosophical]] systems of [[Hegel]] and [[Heidegger]], and [[Lacan]] draws on both of these in which one his theorisation of the charactersrole of [[death]] in [[psychoanalysis]].
speaks ===="Absolute Master"====From [[Hegel]] (via [[Kojève]]), [[Lacan]] takes the [[idea]] that [[death]] is both constitutive of [[man]]'s [[freedom]] and "[[Master|the absolute Master]]."<ref>[[Alexandre Kojève|Kojève, Alexandre]] ''[[Kojève|Introduction to the Reading of a Hegel]]'second life', see Sadetrans. [[James]] H. Nichols Jr., 1797New York and [[London]]: 772Basic Books, quoted 1969. [1933-39] p. 21</ref> [[Death]] plays a crucial part in S7the [[Hegelian]] [[dialectic]] of the [[master]] and the [[slave]] where it is intimately linked with [[desire]], 211)since the [[master]] only affirms himself for [[others]] by means of a [[desire]] for [[death]].<ref>{{E}} p. The first105</ref>
death is ===="Being-For-Death"====From [[Heidegger]], [[Lacan]] takes the physical death idea that [[human]] [[existence]] only takes on [[meaning]] by virtue of the bodyfinite [[limit]] set by [[death]], so that the [[human]] [[subject]] is properly a "[[death|being-for-death which ends one human life but]]". This corresponds to [[Lacan]]'s view that the [[analysand]] should come, via the [[treatment|analytic process]], to assume his own [[mortality]].<ref>{{E}} pp. 104-5</ref>
which does not put an end to ==Psychoanalytic Death=====Dead Analyst===In his comparison between [[psychoanalytic treatment]] and the [[game]] of bridge, [[Lacan]] describes the cycles [[analyst]] as playing the [[position]] of corruption and regenerationthe "dummy" (in [[French]], ''le mort''; literally, "the dead person"). The
second death is that which prevents <blockquote>"The analyst intervenes concretely in the regeneration dialectic of the [[analysis]] by pretending that he is dead body, 'the. . . he makes death [[present]]."<ref>{{E}} p. 140</ref></blockquote>
point at which the very cycles of the transformations of nature are annihilatedThe [[analyst]] "cadaverises" himself (''se corpsifiat'').
(S7, 248). ===Obsessional Neurosis===The concept question which constitutes the [[structure]] of the second [[obsessional neurosis]] concerns [[death ]]; it is used by Lacan to formulate ideasthe question "Am I dead or alive?"<ref>{{S3}} pp. 179-80</ref>
on various themes: beauty (S7, 260==See Also=={{See}}* [[Analysand] it is the function of beauty to reveal man]* [[Analyst]]* [[Being]]* [[Body]]||* [[Castration complex]]* [[Death drive]]* [[Death instinct]]* [[Desire]]||* [[Drive]]* [[Dialectic]]* [[Existence]]* [[Father]]||* ''s[[Jouissance]]''* [[Master]]* [[Obsessional neurosis]]* [[Signifier]]||* [[Subject]]* [[Symbol]]* [[Treatment]]* [[Uncanny]]{{Also}}
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'zone between-two-deaths' (l'espace de l'entre-deux-morts), which was ori- ginally coined by one of Lacan's students (see S7, 320), is taken up by Lacan to designate 'the zone in which tragedy is played out' (S8, 120). 3. Death plays an important role in the philosophical systems of Hegel and Heidegger, and Lacan draws on both of these in his theorisation of the role of death in psychoanalysis. From Hegel (via KojËve), Lacan takes the idea that death is both constitutive of man's freedom and 'the absolute Master' (KojËve, 1947: 21). Death plays a crucial part in the Hegelian dialectic of the MASTER and the slave where it is intimately linked with desire, since the master only affirms himself for others by means of a desire for death (E, 105). From Heidegger, Lacan takes the idea that human existence only takes on meaning - by virtue of the finite limit set by death, so that the human subject is properly a - 'being-for-death'; this corresponds to Lacan's view that the analysard should come, via the analytic process, to assume his own mortality (E, 104-5). 4. In his comparison between psychoanalytic treatment and the game of . bridge, Lacan describes the analyst as playing the position of the 'dummy' (in - French, le mort; literally, 'the dead person'). 'The analyst intervenes concre- tely in the dialectic of analysis by pretending that he is dead . . . he makes death present' (E, 140). The analyst 'cadaverises' himself (se corpsifiat). 5. The question which constitutes the structure of OBSESSIONAL NEUROSIS concerns death; it is the question 'Am I dead or aliveT (S3, 179-80).__NOTOC__
