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==Sigmund Freud==
===Development of the Term===
The term "[[narcissism]]" first appears in [[Freud]]'s [[Works of Sigmund Freud|work]] in 1910, but it is not until his work "[[Freud|On Narcissism: An Introduction]]"<ref>Freud {{F}} (1914c) "On Narcissism: An Introduction", [[SE]] XIV, 69.</ref> that the concept begins to play a central role in [[psychoanalytic theory]].
===Investment of the Libido in the Ego===
===="Narcissistic Suicidal Aggression"====
In "[[Lacan|Remarks on Psychic Sausality]],"<ref>Lacan{{L}} (1946) "Propos sur la causalité psychique", in {{E}} pp. 1946151-93</ref>[[Lacan]] coins the term "[[narcissism|narcissistic suicidal aggression]]" (''[[narcissism|aggression suicidaire narcissique]]'') to express the fact that the erotic-aggressive character of the [[narcissistic]] infatuation with the [[specular image]] can lead the [[subject]] to self-destruction (as the myth of [[Narcissus]] also illustrates.<ref>{{Ec}} p.187; {{Ec}} p.174</ref>
===Imaginary Dimension of Human Relationships===
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