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==Identification==
 
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[[Transitivism]] -- a phenomenon first discovered by Charlotte Bühler -- refers to a special kind of [[identification]] often observed in the behaviour of small [[children]].<ref>{{E}} p. 5</ref>
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[[Transitivism]] -- a phenomenon first discovered by Charlotte Bühler -- refers to a special kind of [[identification]] often observed in the [[behaviour]] of small [[children]].<ref>{{E}} p. 5</ref>
  
 
==Children==
 
==Children==
For example a [[child]] can hit another [[child]] of the same age on the left side of his face, and then touch the right side of his own face and cry in imagined pain.  
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For example a [[child]] can hit [[another]] [[child]] of the same age on the [[left]] side of his face, and then touch the [[right]] side of his own face and cry in imagined [[pain]].  
  
 
==Jacques Lacan==
 
==Jacques Lacan==
For [[Lacan]], [[transitivism]] illustrates the confusion of [[ego]] and other which is inherent in [[imaginary]] [[identification]].  
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Latest revision as of 02:48, 21 May 2019

French: transitivisme

Identification

Transitivism -- a phenomenon first discovered by Charlotte Bühler -- refers to a special kind of identification often observed in the behaviour of small children.[1]

Children

For example a child can hit another child of the same age on the left side of his face, and then touch the right side of his own face and cry in imagined pain.

Jacques Lacan

For Lacan, transitivism illustrates the confusion of ego and other which is inherent in imaginary identification.

Inversion

The inversion (right to left) is further evidence of the function of the mirror.

Paranoia

Transitivism is also evident in paranoia, in which attack and counter-attack are bound together "in an absolute equivalence."

See Also

References

  1. Lacan, Jacques. Écrits: A Selection. Trans. Alan Sheridan. London: Tavistock Publications, 1977. p. 5