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==Sigmund Freud== | ==Sigmund Freud== | ||
| − | According to [[Freud]], the [[psyche]] is at first regulated entirely by the [[pleasure principle]], which seeks to experience [[satisfaction]] via a [[hallucinatory]] [[cathexis]] of a [[memory]] of [[time|prior]] [[satisfaction]]. | + | According to [[Freud]], the [[psyche]] is at first regulated entirely by the [[pleasure principle]], which seeks to [[experience]] [[satisfaction]] via a [[hallucinatory]] [[cathexis]] of a [[memory]] of [[time|prior]] [[satisfaction]]. |
| − | However, the [[subject]] soon discovers that [[hallucination|hallucinating]] does not relieve his [[need]]s, and is thus forced "to form a conception of the real circumstances in the external world."<ref>[[Freud|Freud, Sigmund]]. "Formulations on the Two Principles of Mental Functioning." SE XII. 215. 1911. p.219.</ref> | + | However, the [[subject]] soon discovers that [[hallucination|hallucinating]] does not relieve his [[need]]s, and is thus [[forced]] "to [[form]] a conception of the [[real]] circumstances in the [[external]] [[world]]."<ref>[[Freud|Freud, Sigmund]]. "Formulations on the Two Principles of [[Mental]] Functioning." SE XII. 215. 1911. p.219.</ref> |
| − | A new "principle of mental functioning" is thus introduced (the "[[reality principle]]"), which modifies the [[pleasure principle]] and forces the [[subject]] to take more circuitous routes to [[satisfaction]]. | + | A new "[[principle]] of mental functioning" is thus introduced (the "[[reality principle]]"), which modifies the [[pleasure principle]] and forces the [[subject]] to take more circuitous routes to [[satisfaction]]. |
| − | Since, however, the ultimate aim of the [[reality principle]] is still the [[satisfaction]] of the [[drive]]s, it can be said that "the substitution of the reality principle for the pleasure principle implies no deposing of the pleasure principle, but only a safeguarding of it."<ref>[[Freud|Freud, Sigmund]]. "Formulations on the Two Principles of Mental Functioning." SE XII. 215. 1911. p.223</ref> | + | Since, however, the ultimate aim of the [[reality principle]] is still the [[satisfaction]] of the [[drive]]s, it can be said that "the [[substitution]] of the reality principle for the [[pleasure]] principle implies no deposing of the pleasure principle, but only a safeguarding of it."<ref>[[Freud|Freud, Sigmund]]. "Formulations on the Two Principles of Mental Functioning." SE XII. 215. 1911. p.223</ref> |
==Jacques Lacan== | ==Jacques Lacan== | ||
| − | From early on, [[Lacan]] is opposed to what he calls "a naive conception of the reality principle."<ref>[[Lacan, Jacques]]. "Some reflections on the ego." ''Int. J. Psycho-Anal.'' Vol 34. 1953. pp. 11</ref> | + | From early on, [[Lacan]] is opposed to what he calls "a naive conception of the reality principle."<ref>[[Lacan, Jacques]]. "Some reflections on the ego." ''Int. J. [[Psycho]]-[[Anal]].'' Vol 34. 1953. pp. 11</ref> |
| − | That is, he rejects any account of [[human]] [[development]] based on an unproblematic notion of "[[reality]]" as an objective and self-evident given. | + | That is, he rejects any account of [[human]] [[development]] based on an unproblematic [[notion]] of "[[reality]]" as an [[objective]] and [[self]]-evident given. |
| − | He emphasizes [[Freud]]'s position that the [[reality principle]] is still ultimately in the serve of the [[pleasure principle]]. | + | He emphasizes [[Freud]]'s [[position]] that the [[reality principle]] is still ultimately in the serve of the [[pleasure principle]]. |
| − | <blockquote>"The reality principle is a delayed action pleasrue principle."<ref>{{S2}} p.60</ref></blockquote> | + | <blockquote>"The reality principle is a delayed [[action]] pleasrue principle."<ref>{{S2}} p.60</ref></blockquote> |
| − | [[Lacan]] thus challenges the idea that the [[subject]] has access to an infallible means of distinguishing between [[reality]] and [[fantasy]]. | + | [[Lacan]] thus challenges the [[idea]] that the [[subject]] has access to an infallible means of distinguishing between [[reality]] and [[fantasy]]. |
| − | <blockquote>"[R]eality isn't jus tthere so that we bump our heads up against the false paths along which the functioning of the pleasure principle leads us. In truth, we make reality out of pleasure."<ref>{{S7}} p.225</ref></blockquote> | + | <blockquote>"[R]eality isn't jus tthere so that we bump our heads up against the [[false]] paths along which the functioning of the pleasure principle leads us. In [[truth]], we make reality out of pleasure."<ref>{{S7}} p.225</ref></blockquote> |
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
| + | {{See}} | ||
* [[Desire]] | * [[Desire]] | ||
* [[Fantasy]] | * [[Fantasy]] | ||
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* [[Pleasure Principle]] | * [[Pleasure Principle]] | ||
* [[Reality]] | * [[Reality]] | ||
| + | {{Also}} | ||
| − | == References == | + | ==References== |
<references/> | <references/> | ||
Revision as of 21:57, 20 May 2019
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Sigmund Freud
According to Freud, the psyche is at first regulated entirely by the pleasure principle, which seeks to experience satisfaction via a hallucinatory cathexis of a memory of prior satisfaction.
However, the subject soon discovers that hallucinating does not relieve his needs, and is thus forced "to form a conception of the real circumstances in the external world."[1]
A new "principle of mental functioning" is thus introduced (the "reality principle"), which modifies the pleasure principle and forces the subject to take more circuitous routes to satisfaction.
Since, however, the ultimate aim of the reality principle is still the satisfaction of the drives, it can be said that "the substitution of the reality principle for the pleasure principle implies no deposing of the pleasure principle, but only a safeguarding of it."[2]
Jacques Lacan
From early on, Lacan is opposed to what he calls "a naive conception of the reality principle."[3]
That is, he rejects any account of human development based on an unproblematic notion of "reality" as an objective and self-evident given.
He emphasizes Freud's position that the reality principle is still ultimately in the serve of the pleasure principle.
"The reality principle is a delayed action pleasrue principle."[4]
Lacan thus challenges the idea that the subject has access to an infallible means of distinguishing between reality and fantasy.
"[R]eality isn't jus tthere so that we bump our heads up against the false paths along which the functioning of the pleasure principle leads us. In truth, we make reality out of pleasure."[5]
See Also
References
- ↑ Freud, Sigmund. "Formulations on the Two Principles of Mental Functioning." SE XII. 215. 1911. p.219.
- ↑ Freud, Sigmund. "Formulations on the Two Principles of Mental Functioning." SE XII. 215. 1911. p.223
- ↑ Lacan, Jacques. "Some reflections on the ego." Int. J. Psycho-Anal. Vol 34. 1953. pp. 11
- ↑ Lacan, Jacques. The Seminar. Book II. The Ego in Freud's Theory and in the Technique of Psychoanalysis, 1954-55. Trans. Sylvana Tomaselli. New York: Nortion; Cambridge: Cambridge Unviersity Press, 1988. p.60
- ↑ Lacan, Jacques. The Seminar. Book VII. The Ethics of Psychoanalysis, 1959-60. Trans. Dennis Porter. London: Routledge, 1992. p.225
