Difference between revisions of "Negation"
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"[[Negation]]" ([[Fr]]. ''[[dénégation]]'') | "[[Negation]]" ([[Fr]]. ''[[dénégation]]'') | ||
| − | For [[Freud]] the term "[[negation]] | + | ==Sigmund Freud== |
| + | For [[Freud]] the term "[[negation]]" ([[Ger]]. ''[[Verneinung]]'') meant both logical [[negation]] and the action of [[denial]].<ref>Freud. 1925h.</ref> | ||
| + | ==Jacques Lacan== | ||
[[Lacan]] takes up [[Freud]]'s concept of [[negation]] in his [[seminar]] of 1953-4 and in his [[seminar]] of 1955-6. | [[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]]''. | + | [[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> | [[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> | ||
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Revision as of 14:04, 30 July 2006
"Negation" (Fr. dénégation)
Sigmund Freud
For Freud the term "negation" (Ger. Verneinung) meant both logical negation and the action of denial.[1]
Jacques Lacan
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]
See Also
References
- ↑ Freud. 1925h.
- ↑ Lacan, Jacques. The Seminar. Book III. The Psychoses, 1955-56. Trans. Russell Grigg. London: Routledge, 1993. p.46
