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| + | ==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"<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]]). | ||
| − | [[ | + | =="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 [[signifier]]s as "[[happiness]]," "adaptation," "[[human]] relations" and "human engineering."<ref>{{E}} p.38</ref> | |
| − | + | ==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]]). | |
| − | [[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== | ||
| + | {{See}} | ||
| + | * [[Adaptation]] | ||
| + | * [[Ego-psychology]] | ||
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| + | * [[Psychoanalysis]] | ||
| + | * [[Symbolic]] | ||
| + | {{Also}} | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Latest revision as of 07:06, 24 May 2019
| 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
