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The term '[[extimacy]]' ([[French]]: ''[[extimitè]]'') was coined by [[Jacques Lacan]] by combining the prefix 'ex' (from ''exterieur'' or 'exterior') to the [[French]] word ''intimitè'' ('intimacy'). | The term '[[extimacy]]' ([[French]]: ''[[extimitè]]'') was coined by [[Jacques Lacan]] by combining the prefix 'ex' (from ''exterieur'' or 'exterior') to the [[French]] word ''intimitè'' ('intimacy'). | ||
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The [[structure]] of [[extimacy]] is perfectly expressed in the [[topology]] of the [[torus]] and of the [[moebius strip]]. | The [[structure]] of [[extimacy]] is perfectly expressed in the [[topology]] of the [[torus]] and of the [[moebius strip]]. | ||
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== See Also== | == See Also== |
Revision as of 15:56, 4 August 2006
The term 'extimacy' (French: extimitè) was coined by Jacques Lacan by combining the prefix 'ex' (from exterieur or 'exterior') to the French word intimitè ('intimacy').
This neologism indicates the manner in which psychoanalysis problematizes the opposition between inside and outside.[1]
Examples
For example, the real is just as much inside as outside.
The unconscious is not a purely interior psychic system but an intersubjective structure ('the unconscious is outside').
The Other is "something strange to me, although it is at the heart of me."[2]
The center of the subject is outside; the subject is ex-centric.[3]
The structure of extimacy is perfectly expressed in the topology of the torus and of the moebius strip.
See Also
References
- ↑ Lacan, Jacques. The Seminar. Book VII. The Ethics of Psychoanalysis, 1959-60. Trans. Dennis Porter. London: Routledge, 1992. p.139
- ↑ Lacan, Jacques. The Seminar. Book VII. The Ethics of Psychoanalysis, 1959-60. Trans. Dennis Porter. London: Routledge, 1992. p.71
- ↑ Lacan, Jacques. Écrits: A Selection. Trans. Alan Sheridan. London: Tavistock Publications, 1977. p.165, 171