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The '[[formation]]s' of the [[unconscious]] are those phenomena in which the [[law]]s of the [[unconscious]] are most clearly visible.
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The "[[formation]]s of the [[unconscious]]" are those phenomena in which the [[law]]s of the [[unconscious]] are most clearly visible; the [[joke]], the [[dream]], the [[symptom]], and the [[lapsus]] ('[[parapraxis]]').
The [[joke]], the [[dream]], the [[symptom]], and the [[lapsus]] ('[[parapraxis]]').
 
The fundamental mechanisms involved in the formations of the [[unconscious]] were referred to by [[Freud]] as the 'laws of the unconscious', [[condensation]] and [[displacement]], which [[Lacan]] redefines as [[metaphor]] and [[metonymy]].
 
  
The 'formation of analysts' (''formation des analystes'') means the [[training]] of [[psychoanalyst]]s.
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==Formations of the Unconscious==
The 'formations of the ego' are the three elements related to the ego: the [[superego]], the [[ideal ego]], and the [[ego-ideal]].
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The fundamental mechanisms involved in the formations of the [[unconscious]] were referred to by [[Freud]] as the "laws of the unconscious," [[condensation]] and [[displacement]], which [[Lacan]] redefines as [[metaphor]] and [[metonymy]].
  
==Mirror Stage and Ego Formation==
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==Formation of the Analysts==
The '[[fragmented body]]' is closely linked to the concept of the [[mirror stage]].  
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The "formation of analysts" (''formation des analystes'') means the [[training]] of [[psychoanalyst]]s.<ref>{{E}} p.144-5</ref>
  
In the [[mirror stage]] the [[infant]] sees its [[reflection]] in the [[mirror]] as  a [[whole]]/[[synthesis]], and this [[perception]] causes, by contrast, the [[perception]] of its own [[body]] (which [[lack]]s [[motor coordination]] at this [[stage]]) as [[division|divided]] and [[fragmentation|fragmented]].  
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==Formations of the Ego==
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The "formations of the ego" are the three elements related to the [[ego]]: the [[superego]], the [[ideal ego]], and the [[ego-ideal]].
  
The [[anxiety]] provoked by this feeling of [[fragmentation]] fuels the [[identification]] with the [[specular image]] by which the [[ego]] is [[formation|formed]].
 
 
 
==See Also==
 
* [[fragmented body]]
 
* [[ego]]
 
* [[mirror stage]]
 
* [[body]]
 
* [[lack]]
 
* [[fragmentation]]
 
* [[illusion]]
 
  
 
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Revision as of 18:41, 23 July 2006

The "formations of the unconscious" are those phenomena in which the laws of the unconscious are most clearly visible; the joke, the dream, the symptom, and the lapsus ('parapraxis').

Formations of the Unconscious

The fundamental mechanisms involved in the formations of the unconscious were referred to by Freud as the "laws of the unconscious," condensation and displacement, which Lacan redefines as metaphor and metonymy.

Formation of the Analysts

The "formation of analysts" (formation des analystes) means the training of psychoanalysts.[1]

Formations of the Ego

The "formations of the ego" are the three elements related to the ego: the superego, the ideal ego, and the ego-ideal.


References

  1. Lacan, Jacques. Écrits: A Selection. Trans. Alan Sheridan. London: Tavistock Publications, 1977. p.144-5