[[Real]]ity principle ({{Top}}principe de rÈalitÈ) According to Freud, theréalité{{Bottom}}
==Sigmund Freud==According to [[Freud]], the [[psyche ]] is at first regulated entirely by the PLEASURE PRINCIPLE[[pleasure principle]], Which which seeks to[[experience]] [[satisfaction]] via a [[hallucinatory]] [[cathexis]] of a [[memory]] of [[time|prior]] [[satisfaction]].
experience satisfaction via However, the [[subject]] soon discovers that [[hallucination|hallucinating]] does not relieve his [[need]]s, and is thus [[forced]] "to [[form]] a hallucinatory cathexis conception of a memory the [[real]] circumstances in the [[external]] [[world]]."<ref>[[Freud|Freud, Sigmund]]. "Formulations on the Two Principles of prior[[Mental]] Functioning." SE XII. 215. 1911. p.219.</ref>
satisfaction. HoweverA new "[[principle]] of mental functioning" is thus introduced (the "[[reality principle]]"), which modifies the [[pleasure principle]] and forces the [[subject soon discovers that hallucinating does not]] to take more circuitous routes to [[satisfaction]].
relieve his needsSince, and however, the ultimate aim of the [[reality principle]] is thus forced 'to form 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 conception safeguarding of the it."<ref>[[RealFreud|Freud, Sigmund]]. "Formulations on the Two Principles of Mental Functioning." SE XII. 215. 1911. p.223</ref>
circumstances in the external world' (Freud, 1911b: SE XII, 219). A new
'==Jacques Lacan==From early on, [[Lacan]] is opposed to what he calls "a naive conception of the reality principle of mental functioning."<ref>[[Lacan, Jacques]]. "Some reflections on the ego." ' is thus introduced (the 'Int. J. [[Psycho]]-[[RealAnal]]ity principle.''),Vol 34. 1953. pp. 11</ref>
which modifies the pleasure principle That is, he rejects any account of [[human]] [[development]] based on an unproblematic [[notion]] of "[[reality]]" as an [[objective]] and forces the subject to take more[[self]]-evident given.
circuitous routes to satisfaction. Since, however, He emphasizes [[Freud]]'s [[position]] that the [[reality principle]] is still ultimately in the ultimate aim serve of the[[pleasure principle]].
<blockquote>"The reality principle is a delayed [[Realaction]]ity pleasrue principle is still the satisfaction of the drives, it can be said that 'the."<ref>{{S2}} p.60</ref></blockquote>
substitution of [[Lacan]] thus challenges the [[Realidea]]ity principle for that the pleasure principle implies no[[subject]] has access to an infallible means of distinguishing between [[reality]] and [[fantasy]].
deposing <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 principleleads us. In [[truth]], but only a safeguarding we make reality out of it' (Freud,pleasure."<ref>{{S7}} p.225</ref></blockquote>
1911b: SE XII, 223).==See Also=={{See}}* [[Desire]]* [[Fantasy]]||* [[Pleasure Principle]]* [[Reality]]{{Also}}
From early on, Lacan is opposed to what he calls 'a naive conception of the [[Real]]ity principle' (1951b: ll). That is, he rejects any account of human development based on an unproblematic notion of '[[Real]]ity' as an objective and self-evident given. He emphasises Freud's position that the [[Real]]ity prin- ciple is still ultimately in the service of the pleasure principle; 'the [[Real]]ity principle is a delayed action pleasure principle' (S2, 60). Lacan thus chal- lenges the idea that the subject has access to an infallible means of distinguish- ing between [[Real]]ity and [[Fantasy]]. '[R]eality isn't just there 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 [[Real]]ity out of pleasure' (S7, 225). == def ==Respectively, the desire for immediate gratification vs. the deferral of that gratification. Quite simply, the pleasure-principle drives one to seek pleasure and to avoid pain. However, as one grows up, one begins to learn the need sometimes to endure pain and to defer gratification because of the exigencies and obstacles of reality: "An ego thus educated has become 'reasonable'; it no longer lets itself be governed by the pleasure principle, but obeys the reality principle, which also at bottom seeks to obtain pleasure, but pleasure which is assured through taking account of reality, even though it is pleasure postponed and diminished" (Introductory Lectures 16.357). == References ==
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