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==Affirmation== | ==Affirmation== | ||
| − | In his "[[Reply to Jean Hyppolite's commentary on Freud's "Negation"]]" ([[{{Y}}|1954]]), [[Lacan]] describes a primordial [[act]] of [[Bejahung|affirmation]] which is logically prior to any [[act]] of [[negation]].<ref>{{L}} "[[Works of Jacques Lacan|Introduction aux commentaire de Jean Hyppolite sur la 'Verneinung' de Freud]]", in {{E}} [1954b] pp. 381-99.</ref> | + | In his "[[Reply to Jean Hyppolite's commentary on Freud's "Negation"]]" ([[{{Y}}|1954]]), [[Lacan]] describes a primordial [[act]] of [[Bejahung|affirmation]] which is logically prior to any [[act]] of [[negation]].<ref>{{L}} "[[Works of Jacques Lacan|Introduction aux commentaire de Jean Hyppolite sur la 'Verneinung' de Freud]]", in {{E}} [1954b] pp. 381-99.</ref> [[Lacan]] uses [[Freud]]'s [[German]] term, ''[[Bejahung]]'' to denote this primordial [[affirmation]].<ref>{{Ec}} p. 387</ref> |
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| − | [[Lacan]] uses [[Freud]]'s [[German]] term, ''[[Bejahung]]'' to denote this primordial [[affirmation]].<ref>{{Ec}} p. 387</ref> | ||
==Existence== | ==Existence== | ||
| − | Whereas [[negation]] concerns what [[Freud]] called the "judgement of [[existence]]," ''[[Bejahung]]'' denotes something more fundamental, namely the primordial [[act]] of [[symbolization]] itself, the inclusion of something in the [[symbolic|symbolic universe]]. | + | Whereas [[negation]] concerns what [[Freud]] called the "judgement of [[existence]]," ''[[Bejahung]]'' denotes something more fundamental, namely the primordial [[act]] of [[symbolization]] itself, the inclusion of something in the [[symbolic|symbolic universe]]. Only after a [[thing]] has been [[symbolize]]d (at the level of ''[[Bejahung]]'') can the value of [[existence]] be attributed to it or not (''[[negation]]''). |
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| − | Only after a [[thing]] has been [[symbolize]]d (at the level of ''[[Bejahung]]'') can the value of [[existence]] be attributed to it or not (''[[negation]]''). | ||
==Foreclosure== | ==Foreclosure== | ||
| − | [[Lacan]] posits a basic alternative between ''[[Bejahung]]'' and the [[psychosis|psychotic mechanism]] he later calls "[[foreclosure]]". | + | [[Lacan]] posits a basic alternative between ''[[Bejahung]]'' and the [[psychosis|psychotic mechanism]] he later calls "[[foreclosure]]". ''[[Bejahung]]'' designates a primordial inclusion of something in the [[symbolic]], whereas [[foreclosure]] is a primordial refusal to include something -- the [[Name-of-the-Father]] -- in the [[symbolic]].<ref>{{S3}} p. 82</ref> |
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| − | ''[[Bejahung]]'' designates a primordial inclusion of something in the [[symbolic]], whereas [[foreclosure]] is a primordial refusal to include something -- the [[Name-of-the-Father]] -- in the [[symbolic]].<ref>{{S3}} p. 82</ref> | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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Affirmation
In his "Reply to Jean Hyppolite's commentary on Freud's "Negation"" (1954), Lacan describes a primordial act of affirmation which is logically prior to any act of negation.[1] Lacan uses Freud's German term, Bejahung to denote this primordial affirmation.[2]
Existence
Whereas negation concerns what Freud called the "judgement of existence," Bejahung denotes something more fundamental, namely the primordial act of symbolization itself, the inclusion of something in the symbolic universe. Only after a thing has been symbolized (at the level of Bejahung) can the value of existence be attributed to it or not (negation).
Foreclosure
Lacan posits a basic alternative between Bejahung and the psychotic mechanism he later calls "foreclosure". Bejahung designates a primordial inclusion of something in the symbolic, whereas foreclosure is a primordial refusal to include something -- the Name-of-the-Father -- in the symbolic.[3]
See Also
References
- ↑ Lacan, Jacques. "Introduction aux commentaire de Jean Hyppolite sur la 'Verneinung' de Freud", in Lacan, Jacques. Écrits: A Selection. Trans. Alan Sheridan. London: Tavistock Publications, 1977. [1954b] pp. 381-99.
- ↑ Lacan, Jacques. Écrits. Paris: Seuil, 1966. p. 387
- ↑ Lacan, Jacques. The Seminar. Book III. The Psychoses, 1955-56. Trans. Russell Grigg. London: Routledge, 1993. p. 82
