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==Sigmund Freud==
===Development of the Term===
The term "[[narcissism]]" first appears in [[Freud]]'s [[Works of Sigmund Freud|work]] in 1910, but it is not until his [[work]] "[[Freud|On Narcissism: An Introduction]]"<ref>{{F}} "[[Works of Sigmund Freud|On Narcissism: An Introduction]]," 1914c. [[SE]] XIV, 69.</ref> that the [[concept]] begins to play a central [[role]] in [[psychoanalytic theory]].
===Investment of the Libido in the Ego===
From this point on, [[Freud]] defines [[narcissism]] as the investment of [[libido]] in the [[ego]], and opposes it to [[object]]-[[love]], in which [[libido]] is invested in [[object]]s.
===Narcissistic Stage of Development===
[[Narcissism]] is different from the prior [[stage]] of [[autoeroticism]] (in which the [[ego]] does not [[exist]] as a [[unity]]), and only comes [[about]] when "a new [[psychical]] [[action]]" gives birth to the [[ego]].
==Jacques Lacan==
===Myth of Narcissus===
[[Lacan]] develops [[Freud]]'s concept by linking it more explicitly with its namesake, the [[myth]] of [[Narcissus]].
===Identification with the Specular Image===
[[Lacan]] thus defines [[narcissism]] as the erotic attraction to the [[specular image]]; this erotic relation underlies the primary [[identification]] by which the [[ego]] is formed in the [[mirror stage]].
===Erotic-Aggressive Character of Narcissism===
[[Narcissism]] has both an [[erotic]] [[character]] and an [[aggressive]] character. It is erotic, as the myth of [[Narcissus]] shows, since the [[subject]] is strongly attracted to the [[gestalt]] that is his [[image]]. It is [[aggressive]], since the [[wholeness]] of the [[specular image]] contrasts with the uncoordinated disunity of the [[subject]]'s [[real]] [[body]], and thus seems to threaten the [[subject]] with [[fragmented body|disintegration]].
===="Narcissistic Suicidal Aggression"====
In "[[Lacan|Remarks on Psychic Sausality]],"<ref>{{L}} "[[Work of Jacques Lacan|Propos sur la causalité psychique]]", in {{E}} [1946]. pp. 151-93</ref> [[Lacan]] coins the term "[[narcissism|narcissistic suicidal aggression]]" (''[[narcissism|aggression suicidaire narcissique]]'') to express the fact that the [[eroticism|erotic]]-[[aggressive]] character of the [[narcissistic]] infatuation with the [[specular image]] can lead the [[subject]] to [[self]]-[[destruction]] (as the myth of [[Narcissus]] also illustrates).<ref>{{Ec}} p. 187; {{Ec}} p. 174</ref>
===Imaginary Dimension of Human Relationships===
The [[narcissistic]] relation constitutes the [[imaginary]] [[dimension]] of [[human]] relationships.<ref>{{S3}} p. 92</ref>
==See Also==
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* [[Aggressivity]]
* [[Autoeroticism]]
* [[Body]]
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* [[Ego]]
* [[Identification]]
* [[Imaginary]]
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* [[Libido]]
* [[Mirror stage]]
* [[Specular image]]
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