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Aggressiveness in psychoanalysis
  This chapter provides a close reading of Lacan's essay ‘Aggressiveness in Psychoanalysis’. In this écrit, Lacan situates aggression as a fundamental force in the emergence of subjectivity and in the formation of the ego in particular. In the process, Lacan challenges the traditional understanding of aggression as a purely destructive or negative force, linking it to Freud's notion of the death drive and his own developing idea of paranoiac knowledge.

  • Date:

    23 February 2024

  • Publication Status:

    Published

  • Library of Congress:

    BF Psychology

  • Dewey Decimal Classification:

    150 Psychology

  • Funders:

    Edinburgh Napier Funded

Citation

Neill, C., & Eyers, T. (2024). Aggressiveness in psychoanalysis. In Reading Lacan’s Écrits: From ‘Overture to this Collection’ to ‘Presentation on Psychical Causality’. Routledge

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Keywords

Aggressiveness, psychoanalysis, mirror stage,

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