Difference between revisions of "Need"
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"[[Need]]" ([[Fr]]. ''[[besoin]]'') | "[[Need]]" ([[Fr]]. ''[[besoin]]'') | ||
| + | ==Need, Demand and Desire== | ||
Around 1958, [[Lacan]] develops an important distinction between three terms: | Around 1958, [[Lacan]] develops an important distinction between three terms: | ||
* [[need]], | * [[need]], | ||
* [[demand]] and | * [[demand]] and | ||
* [[desire]]. | * [[desire]]. | ||
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| + | ===Instinct=== | ||
| + | In the context of this distinction, "[[need]]" comes close to what [[Freud]] referred to as "[[instinct]]" (''[[Instinkt]]''); that is, a purely ''[[biological]]'' concept opposed to the realm of the [[drive]] (''[[Trieb]]''). | ||
