Difference between revisions of "Factor C"
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[[Lacan]] coined the term "[[factor c]]" at a psychiatric congress in 1950. | [[Lacan]] coined the term "[[factor c]]" at a psychiatric congress in 1950. | ||
| − | [[Factor c]] is "the constant characteristic of any given cultural milieu"<ref>{{E}} p.37</ref>: it is an attempt to designate that part of the [[symbolic order]] which marks the particular features of one culture as opposed to another (c stands for culture). | + | ==Culture== |
| + | [[Factor c]] is "the constant characteristic of any given cultural milieu"<ref>{{E}} p.37</ref>: it is an attempt to designate that part of the [[symbolic order]] which marks the particular features of one [[culture]] as opposed to another ('''c''' stands for [[culture]]). | ||
| − | Although it would be interesting to speculate on the possible applications of this concept to the interrelationship between different cultural milieux and psychoanalysis, [[Lacan]] only gives one example of the [[c factor]]; ahistoricism, he argues, is the [[c factor]] of the culture of the United States.<ref>{{E}} p.37, 115</ref> | + | =="American Way of Life"== |
| + | Although it would be interesting to speculate on the possible applications of this concept to the interrelationship between different cultural milieux and [[psychoanalysis]], [[Lacan]] only gives one example of the [[c factor]]; ahistoricism, he argues, is the [[factor c|''c'' factor]] of the [[culture]] of the United States.<ref>{{E}} p.37, 115</ref> | ||
| − | The "American way of life" revolves around such | + | The "American way of life" revolves around such [[signifier]]s as "happiness," "adaptation," "human relations" and "human engineering."<ref>{{E}} p.38</ref> |
| − | [[Lacan]] regards the [[c factor]] of United States culture as particularly antithetical to psychoanalysis, and sees it as largely responsible for the errors which have beset psychoanalytic theory in the USA (such as [[ego-psychology]]). | + | ==Psychoanalysis== |
| + | [[Lacan]] regards the [[factor c|''c'' factor]] of United States culture as particularly antithetical to [[psychoanalysis]], and sees it as largely responsible for the errors which have beset [[psychoanalytic theory]] in the USA (such as [[ego-psychology]]). | ||
| + | ==See Also== | ||
| + | {{See}} | ||
| + | * [[Adaptation]] | ||
| + | * [[Ego-psychology]] | ||
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| + | * [[Psychoanalysis]] | ||
| + | * [[Symbolic]] | ||
| + | {{Also}} | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Jacques Lacan]] | [[Category:Jacques Lacan]] | ||
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Revision as of 13:08, 24 August 2006
| French: facteur c |
Jacques Lacan
Lacan coined the term "factor c" at a psychiatric congress in 1950.
Culture
Factor c is "the constant characteristic of any given cultural milieu"[1]: it is an attempt to designate that part of the symbolic order which marks the particular features of one culture as opposed to another (c stands for culture).
"American Way of Life"
Although it would be interesting to speculate on the possible applications of this concept to the interrelationship between different cultural milieux and psychoanalysis, Lacan only gives one example of the c factor; ahistoricism, he argues, is the c factor of the culture of the United States.[2]
The "American way of life" revolves around such signifiers as "happiness," "adaptation," "human relations" and "human engineering."[3]
Psychoanalysis
Lacan regards the c factor of United States culture as particularly antithetical to psychoanalysis, and sees it as largely responsible for the errors which have beset psychoanalytic theory in the USA (such as ego-psychology).
See Also
References
- ↑ Lacan, Jacques. Écrits: A Selection. Trans. Alan Sheridan. London: Tavistock Publications, 1977. p.37
- ↑ Lacan, Jacques. Écrits: A Selection. Trans. Alan Sheridan. London: Tavistock Publications, 1977. p.37, 115
- ↑ Lacan, Jacques. Écrits: A Selection. Trans. Alan Sheridan. London: Tavistock Publications, 1977. p.38
