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=====Sigmund Freud===== | =====Sigmund Freud===== | ||
| − | [[Freud]] talks about the "[[splitting of the ego]]" ([[ | + | =====Splitting of the Ego===== |
| + | [[Freud]] talks about the "[[splitting of the ego]]" ([[Gr]]. ''[[Ich-spaltung]]'', [[Fr]]. ''[[clivage du moi]]'') as a process -- observable in [[fetishism]] and [[psychosis]] -- whereby two contradictory attitudes come to exist side by side in the [[ego]] -- acceptance and [[disavowal]].<ref>{{F}} "Splitting of the Ego in the Process of Defence." [[SE]] XXIII, 1938. p.273</ref> | ||
=====Jacques Lacan===== | =====Jacques Lacan===== | ||
| − | [[Lacan]] expands the concept of ''[[Spaltung]]'' -- from a process unique to [[fetishism]] or [[psychosis]] -- to a general characteristic of [[subject]]ivity itself; the [[subject]] can never be anything other than [[split]] | + | =====Split Subject===== |
| + | [[Lacan]] expands the concept of ''[[Spaltung]]'' -- from a process unique to [[fetishism]] or [[psychosis]] -- to a general characteristic of [[subject]]ivity itself; the [[subject]] can never be anything other than [[split]] -- [[divided]] and [[alienation|alienated]] from himself. | ||
The [[split]] is irreducible, can never be healed; there is no possibility of [[synthesis]]. | The [[split]] is irreducible, can never be healed; there is no possibility of [[synthesis]]. | ||
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[[Image:Lacan-saussureanalgorithm.jpg|thumb|[[Saussurean algorithm|The Saussurean algorithm]]]] | [[Image:Lacan-saussureanalgorithm.jpg|thumb|[[Saussurean algorithm|The Saussurean algorithm]]]] | ||
| − | The [[split]] or [[divided | + | The [[split]] or [[split| divided subject]] is [[symbolization|symbolised]] by the [[bar]] which strikes through the <i>'''S'''</i> to produce the [[bar]]red [[subject]], [[Image:StrikeS.gif]].<ref>{{E}} p.288</ref> |
=====Self-Consciousness===== | =====Self-Consciousness===== | ||
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The [[subject]] will never [[know]] himself completely, but will always be cut off from his own [[knowledge]]. | The [[subject]] will never [[know]] himself completely, but will always be cut off from his own [[knowledge]]. | ||
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It thus indicates the [[presence]] of the [[unconscious]], and is an effect of the [[signifier]]. | It thus indicates the [[presence]] of the [[unconscious]], and is an effect of the [[signifier]]. | ||
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=====Truth and Knowledge===== | =====Truth and Knowledge===== | ||
| − | In his [[seminar]] of 1964-5 [[Lacan]] theorises the [[split | + | In his [[seminar]] of 1964-5 [[Lacan]] theorises the [[split|split subject]] in terms of a [[division]] between [[truth]] and [[knowledge]] (''[[savoir]]'').<ref>{{Ec}} p.856</ref> |
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| + | * [[Knowledge]] | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
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Revision as of 06:04, 18 August 2006
Sigmund Freud
Splitting of the Ego
Freud talks about the "splitting of the ego" (Gr. Ich-spaltung, Fr. clivage du moi) as a process -- observable in fetishism and psychosis -- whereby two contradictory attitudes come to exist side by side in the ego -- acceptance and disavowal.[1]
Jacques Lacan
Split Subject
Lacan expands the concept of Spaltung -- from a process unique to fetishism or psychosis -- to a general characteristic of subjectivity itself; the subject can never be anything other than split -- divided and alienated from himself.
The split is irreducible, can never be healed; there is no possibility of synthesis.
Barred Subject
The split or divided subject is symbolised by the bar which strikes through the S to produce the barred subject, 
.[2]
Self-Consciousness
The split denotes the impossibility of the ideal of a fully present self-consciousness.
The subject will never know himself completely, but will always be cut off from his own knowledge.
Unconscious
It thus indicates the presence of the unconscious, and is an effect of the signifier.
Speech
The subject is split by the very fact that he is a "speaking being,"[3] because speech divides the subject of the enunciation from the subject of the statement.
Truth and Knowledge
In his seminar of 1964-5 Lacan theorises the split subject in terms of a division between truth and knowledge (savoir).[4]
See Also
References
- ↑ Freud, Sigmund. "Splitting of the Ego in the Process of Defence." SE XXIII, 1938. p.273
- ↑ Lacan, Jacques. Écrits: A Selection. Trans. Alan Sheridan. London: Tavistock Publications, 1977. p.288
- ↑ Lacan, Jacques. Écrits: A Selection. Trans. Alan Sheridan. London: Tavistock Publications, 1977. p.269
- ↑ Lacan, Jacques. Écrits. Paris: Seuil, 1966. p.856
