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April 21, 2021 • 22:59 pm 30 points
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In the four fundamental concepts of psychoanalysis, lacan argues that "every unsuccessful act is a successful not to say well-turned, discourse."

In the four fundamental concepts of Psychoanalysis, Lacan argues that "every unsuccessful act is a successful not to say well-turned, discourse." Which four fundamental concepts are refered to here?

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    In The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis, Lacan argues that the Symbolic order structures the visual field of the Imaginary, which means that it involves a linguistic dimension. If the signifier is the foundation of the Symbolic, the signified and signification are part of the Imaginary order. Language has Symbolic and Imaginary connotations—in its Imaginary aspect, language is the “wall of language” that inverts and distorts the discourse of the Other. On the other hand, the Imaginary is rooted in the subject’s relationship with his or her own body (the image of the body). In Fetishism: the Symbolic, the Imaginary and the Real, Lacan argues that in the sexual plane the Imaginary appears as sexual display and courtship love. Insofar as identification with the analyst is the objective of analysis, Lacan accused major psychoanalytic schools of reducing the practice of psychoanalysis to the Imaginary order. Instead, Lacan proposes the use of the Symbolic to dislodge the disabling fixations of the Imaginary—the analyst transforms the images into words. “The use of the Symbolic,” he argued, “is the only way for the analytic process to cross the plane of identification.”

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