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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}} (1914c) "[[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]].

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]].

In "[[Lacan|Remarks on Psychic Sausality]],"<ref>{{L}} (1946) "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 [[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>

The [[narcissistic]] relation constitutes the [[imaginary]] dimension of human relationships.<ref>{{S3}} p.92</ref>