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In the [[{{Y}}|late 1920s]], [[Lacan]] singled out his concept of "[[mental automatism]]".  This brought together many seemingly disparate phnomena of [[madness]] under the common motif of ''something being imposed from 'outside'.'': the echo of thoughts or a commentary on one's actions, for example.
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In the [[{{Y}}|late 1920s]], [[Lacan]] singled out his [[concept]] of "[[mental automatism]]".  This brought together many seemingly disparate phnomena of [[madness]] under the common motif of ''something [[being]] imposed from '[[outside]]'.'': the echo of [[thoughts]] or a commentary on one's actions, for example.
  
The form of a particular [[psychosis]] would then be determined by how one ''[[signification|made sense]]'' of these elements which lacked an initial content.  [[Lacan]] would say that this concept was the closest that contemporary [[France|French]] [[psychiatry]] got to a [[structural analysis]], with its emphasis on the imposition of formal elements beyond the "[[conscious]]" [[control]] of the [[subject]].
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The [[form]] of a [[particular]] [[psychosis]] would then be determined by how one ''[[signification|made sense]]'' of these elements which lacked an initial [[content]].  [[Lacan]] would say that this concept was the closest that contemporary [[France|French]] [[psychiatry]] got to a [[structural analysis]], with its emphasis on the imposition of [[formal]] elements beyond the "[[conscious]]" [[control]] of the [[subject]].
  
 
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Latest revision as of 19:24, 20 May 2019

In the late 1920s, Lacan singled out his concept of "mental automatism". This brought together many seemingly disparate phnomena of madness under the common motif of something being imposed from 'outside'.: the echo of thoughts or a commentary on one's actions, for example.

The form of a particular psychosis would then be determined by how one made sense of these elements which lacked an initial content. Lacan would say that this concept was the closest that contemporary French psychiatry got to a structural analysis, with its emphasis on the imposition of formal elements beyond the "conscious" control of the subject.