Difference between revisions of "Negation"

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For Freud the term "negation"" (Ger. Verneinung) meant both logical negation and the action of denial.^[1]

Lacan takes up Freud's concept of negation in his seminar of 1953-4 and in his seminar of 1955-6.

Lacan argues that negation is a neurotic process that can only occur after a fundamental act of affirmation called Bejahung.

Negation must be distinguished from foreclosure which is a kind of primitive negation prior to any possible Verneinung, a refusal of Bejahung itself.^[2]

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↑ Freud. 1925h.
↑ Lacan, Jacques. The Seminar. Book III. The Psychoses, 1955-56. Trans. Russell Grigg. London: Routledge, 1993. p.46

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-The term negation (''Verneinung'') denotes a mental process in which the subject formulates the content of an unconscious wish in a negative form. The content of the wish finds expression in consciousness, yet the subject continues to disown it.
-This concept first appeared in Freud's work in connection with the analysis of the "Rat Man" when the patient produced an association having to do with the death of his father but immediately "rejects the idea with energy" (1909d, p. 178). Yet Freud's main discussion of the topic appears...
+"[[Negation]]" ([[Fr]]. ''[[dénégation]]'')
+For [[Freud]] the term "[[negation]]"" ([[Ger]]. ''[[Verneinung]]'') meant both logical negation and the action of [[denial]].<ref>Freud. 1925h.</ref>
+[[Lacan]] takes up [[Freud]]'s concept of [[negation]] in his [[seminar]] of 1953-4 and in his [[seminar]] of 1955-6.
+[[Lacan]] argues that [[negation]] is a [[neurotic]] process that can only occur after a fundamental act of affirmation called ''[[Bejahung]]''.
+[[Negation]] must be distinguished from [[foreclosure]] which is a kind of primitive [[negation]] prior to any possible ''[[Verneinung]]'', a refusal of ''[[Bejahung]]'' itself.<ref>{{S3}} p.46</ref>
+névrose) is u
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