Difference between revisions of "Negation"
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{{Top}}dénégation]]''; [[German]]: ''[[Verneinung{{Bottom}} | {{Top}}dénégation]]''; [[German]]: ''[[Verneinung{{Bottom}} | ||
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==Sigmund Freud== | ==Sigmund Freud== | ||
| − | For [[Freud]] the term "[[negation]]" meant both logical [[negation]] and the action of [[denial]].<ref>[[Freud|Freud, Sigmund]]. "Negation. | + | For [[Freud]] the term "[[negation]]" meant both logical [[negation]] and the action of [[denial]].<ref>[[Freud|Freud, Sigmund]]. "[[Work of Sigmund Freud|Negation]]," 1925. [[SE]] XIX, 235.</ref> |
==Jacques Lacan== | ==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. | ||
| + | ==''Benjahung''== | ||
[[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> | + | ==Foreclosure== |
| + | [[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> | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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* ''[[Bejahung]]'' | * ''[[Bejahung]]'' | ||
* [[Denial]] | * [[Denial]] | ||
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* [[Foreclosure]] | * [[Foreclosure]] | ||
| + | * [[Neurosis]] | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Jacques Lacan]] | [[Category:Jacques Lacan]] | ||
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Revision as of 19:09, 24 August 2006
| French: dénégation; German: Verneinung |
Sigmund Freud
For Freud the term "negation" 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.
Benjahung
Lacan argues that negation is a neurotic process that can only occur after a fundamental act of affirmation called Bejahung.
Foreclosure
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, Sigmund. "Negation," 1925. SE XIX, 235.
- ↑ Lacan, Jacques. The Seminar. Book III. The Psychoses, 1955-56. Trans. Russell Grigg. London: Routledge, 1993. p. 46
