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==Intellect=====Sigmund Freud===In [[Freud]]'s [[work]], the term '"[[affect' ]]" stands in opposition to the term '"[[idea']]". The opposition between the [[affect|affective ]] and the [[affect|intellectual ]] is one of the oldest themes in [[philosophy]], and made its way into [[Freud]]'s [[vocabulary ]] via [[German ]] [[psychology.For Lacan, however, the opposition between the affective and the intellectual is not valid in the psychoanalytic field. 'This opposition is one of the most contrary to analytic experience and most unenlightening when it comes to understanding it' (Sl, 274)]].

Thus, in response to those who accuse ===Jacques Lacan of being over-intellectual and of neglecting the role of affect, it can be pointed out that this criticism is based on what Lacan saw as a false opposition (===For [[Lacan also argued that criticisms of being over-intellectual were often merely excuses for sloppy thinking - see E]],171). Psychoanalytic treatment is based on the symbolic orderhowever, which transcends the opposition between affect and intellect. On the one hand, psychoanalytic experience 'is not that of an [[affective smoochy-woochy' (Sl, 55). On ]] and the other hand, nor [[intellectual]] is psychoanalytic treatment an intellectual affair; 'we are not dealing here with an intellectual dimension' (Sl, 274). The Lacanian psychoanalyst must thus be aware of the ways valid in which both 'affective smoochy-woochy' and intellectualisation can be resistances to analysis, imaginary lures of the ego. Anxiety is the only affect that is not deceptive[[psychoanalysis|psychoanalytic field]].

Lacan <blockquote>"This opposition is opposed to those analysts who have taken the affective realm as primary, for one of the affective is not a separate realm opposed most contrary to the intellectual; 'The affective is not like a special density which would escape an intellectual accounting. It is not [[analytic]] [[experience]] and most unenlightening when it comes to be found in a mythical beyond of the production of the symbol which would precede the discursive formulation' (Sl, 57)[[understanding]] it. However, he rejects accusations of neglecting the role of affect, pointing to the fact that a whole year of the seminar is dedicated precisely to discussing anxiety (Lacan, 1973a: 38)"<ref>{{S1}} p.274</ref></blockquote>

Thus, in response to those who accuse [[Lacan does not propose a general theory of affects, but only touches on them insofar as they impinge on psychoanalytic treatment. He insists on the relationship ]] of [[being]] [[affect to the symbolic order; affect means that the subject is affected by his relation with the Other. He argues that affects are not signifiers but signals (S7, 102|over-3), intellectual]] and emphasises Freud's position that repression does not bear upon of neglecting the [[role]] of [[affect (which ]], it can only be transformed or displaced) but upon the ideational representative (which pointed out that this criticism is, in based on what [[Lacan]] saw as a [[false]] opposition.<ref>[[Lacan's terms, the signifier) (Ec, 714)]] also argued that criticisms of being over-intellectual were often merely excuses for sloppy [[thinking]]. {{E}} p.171</ref>

Lacan's comments ====Treatment====[[Psychoanalytic]] [[treatment]] is based on the concept of [[symbolic]] [[order]], which transcends the opposition between [[affect]] and [[affect have important implications in clinical practice|intellect]]. Firstly On the one hand, all the concepts in psychoanalysis which have traditionally been conceived in terms [[psychoanalytic]] experience "is not that of affects, such as an affective smoochy-woochy."<ref>{{S1}} p.55</ref> On the transferenceother hand, must be rethought in terms of their symbolic structure, if the analyst nor is to direct the [[psychoanalytic]] [[treatment correctly]] an intellectual affair.

Secondly, the affects <blockquote>"We are lures which can deceive the analyst, and hence the analyst must be wary of being tricked by his own affectsnot dealing here with an intellectual [[dimension]]. This does not mean that the analyst must disregard his own feelings for the patient, but simply that he must know how to make adequate use of them (see COUNTERTRANSFERENCE)"<ref>{{S1}} p.274</ref></blockquote>

Finally, it follows that the aim ====Resistance====The [[Lacan]]ian [[psychoanalyst]] must thus be aware of psychoanalytic treatment is not the reliving of past experiencesways in which both "affective smoochy-woochy" and intellectualisation can be [[resistance]]s to [[analysis]], nor the abreaction [[imaginary]] [[lure]]s of affect, but the articulation in speech of [[ego]]. [[Anxiety]] is the only [[affect]] that is not [[truth about desire|deceptive]].

Another term in ====Separate====[[Lacan']] is opposed to those [[analyst]]s discourse, related to but distinct from 'who have taken the [[affect']]ive realm as primary, is for the term 'passion'. Lacan speaks of the 'three fundamental passions': love, hate and ignorance (Sl, 271); this [[affect]]ive is not a reference [[separate]] realm opposed to Buddhist thought (E, 94)the [[intellectual]].

These passions are <blockquote>"The affective is not imaginary phenomena, but located at like a special density which would escape an intellectual accounting. It is not to be found in a [[mythical]] beyond of the production of the junctions between [[symbol]] which would precede the three ordersdiscursive formulation."<ref>{{S1}} p.57</ref></blockquote>

AFFECTLoan-word borrowed from However, he rejects accusations of neglecting the German ''Affekt''. In nineteenth-century psychology role of [[affect]], pointing to the term is synonymous with emotion or excitement. Borrowing from fact that tradition, a [[psychoanalysiswhole]] defines afect as a quantity year of psychic energy or a sum of excitation accompanying events that take place in the life of the psyche. Affect is not a direct emotional representation of an event, but a trace or residue that is aroused or reactivated through the repetition of that event of by some equivalent to it. Like [[libidoseminar]], affect is quantifiable and both dedicated precisely to discussing [[drivesanxiety]] and iamges are therefore said to have a quota of affect.<ref>{{TV}} p. 38</ref>

In ==Treatment=====Symbolic===[[Lacan]] does not propose a general [[theory]] of [[affect]]s, but only touches on [[them]] insofar as they impinge on [[psychoanalytic treatment]]. He insists on the [[relationship]] of [[affect]] to the [[symbolic]] [[order]]; [[affect]] means that the [[subject]] is affected by his relation with the [[Other]]. He argues that [[affect]]s are not [[signifier]]s but [[signal]]s,<ref>{{S7}} p. 102-3</ref> and emphasizes [[Freud]]'s earliest theory of [[hysteriaposition]] that [[repression]] does not bear upon the [[affect]] (which can only be transformed or [[displacement|displaced]]) but upon the ideational [[representative]] (which is, in [[Lacan]]'s [[terms]], the so-called [[seduction thoerysignifier]]).<ref>{{Ec}} p. 714</ref> ===Practice===[[Lacan]]'s comments on the [[concept]] of [[affect]] have important implications in [[clinical]] [[practice]].  =====Structure=====Firstly, all the blocking [[:Category:Concepts|concept]]s in [[psychoanalysis]] which have traditionally been conceived in terms of [[affect]]s, such as the affect correspodning to a traumatic event has a causal role; because it cannot [[transference]], must be expressed or discharged rethought in wordsterms of their [[symbolic]] [[structure]], it takes if the [[analyst]] is to direct the form of a somatic symptom[[treatment]] correctly. In his later writings Freud consistently makes a distinction between  =====Lure=====Secondly, the [[affect ]]s are [[lure]]s which can deceive the [[analyst]], and representations, which may hence the [[analyst]] must be either verbal or visualwary of being tricked by his own [[affect]]s. The verbalization This does not mean that the [[analyst]] must disregard his own feelings for the [[patient]], but simply that he must [[know]] how to make adequate use of them. =====Truth=====Finally, it follows that the aim of [[psychoanalytic]] [[talking curetreatment]] thus becomes an intellectualized way is not the reliving of discharging affects relating to childhood [[past]] experiences, nor the [[abreaction]] of [[affect]], but the articulation in [[speech]] of the [[truth]] [[about]] [[desire]].One of ====Passion====[[Another]] term in [[Lacan]]'s [[discourse]], related to but distinct from "[[affect]]," is the criticisms levelled at term "[[passion]]." [[Lacan]] by certain speaks of his fellow psychoanalysts (for examle Green 1977) the "[[three]] fundamental passions": [[love]], [[hate]] and [[ignorance]].<ref>{{S1}} p. 271</ref> This is that he tends a reference to pay little attention to affectBuddhist [[thought]].<ref>{{E}} p. 94</ref> These [[passion]]s are not [[imaginary|imaginary phenomena]], but located at the junctions between the [[order|three order]]s. ==See Also=={{See}}* [[Analyst]]* [[Desire]]* [[Ego]]||* [[Imaginary]]* [[Love]]* [[Lure]]||* [[Repression]]* [[Resistance]]* [[Signifier]]||* [[Speech]]* [[Structure]]* [[Symbolic]]||* [[Transference]]* [[Treatment]]* [[Truth]]{{Also}}

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