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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 narcissismNarcissism: an introductionAn Introduction]]"<ref>{{F}} "[[Works of Sigmund Freud |On Narcissism: An Introduction]]," 1914c. [[SE]] XIV, 69.</ref> that the [[concept ]] begins to play a central [[role ]] in [[psychoanalytic theory]].

The concept ===Investment of 'the Libido in the Ego===From this point on, [[Freud]] defines [[narcissism]]' begins as the investment of [[libido]] in the [[ego]], and opposes it to play a central role [[object]]-[[love]], in which [[libido]] is invested in [[psychoanalytic theoryobject]]s.

From ===Birth of the Ego===[[Lacan]] attributes great importance to this point on, [[phase]] in [[Freud]] defines 's work, since it clearly inscribes the [[narcissismego]] are the investment of as an [[libidoobject]] in of the [[egolibido|libidinal economy]], and opposes it to [[objectlinks]] the [[birth]]-of the [[loveego]], in which to the [[libidonarcissism|narcissistic stage]] is invested in of [[objectdevelopment]]s.

[[==Jacques Lacan]] attributes great importance to this phase in [[Freud]]'s work, since it clearly inscribes the [[ego]] as an [[object]] of the [[libido|libidinal economy]], and links the birth of the [[ego]] to the [[narcissism|narcissistic stage]] of [[development]].== [[Narcissism]] is different from the prior stage ===Myth of [[autoeroticism]] (in which the [[ego]] does not exist as a unity), and only comes about when "a new psychical action" gives birth ot the [[ego]]. ---Narcissus===[[Lacan]] develops [[Freud]]'s concept by linking it more explicitly with its namesake, the [[myth ]] of [[Narcissus]].

===Erotic-Aggressive Character of Narcissism===[[Narcissism]] has both an [[erotic ]] [[character ]] and an [[aggressive]] character.  It is erotic, as the myth of [[Narcissus]] shows, since the [[subject]] is strongly attracted to the [[gestalt]] that is his [[image]].  It is [[aggressive]], since the [[wholeness ]] of the [[specular image]] contrasts with the uncoordinated disunity of the [[subject]]'s [[real ]] [[body]], and thus seems to threaten the [[subject]] with disintegration. In "[[Lacanfragmented body|Remarks on psychic causality]],"<ref>Lacan. 1946</ref>[[Lacandisintegration]] coins the term "[[narcissism|Narcissistic suicidal aggression]]" (''[[narcissism|aggression suicidaire narcissique]]'') to express the fact that the erotic-aggressive character of the [[narcissistic]] infautation 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> The [[narcissistic]] relation constitutes the [[imaginary]] dimension of human relationships.<ref>{{S3}} p.92</ref> '[[Narcissism]]' is used by [[Sigmund Freud]] to describe the investment of [[libido]] in the [[ego]]. The [[narcissistic]] [[stage]] of [[development]] inscribes the [[ego]] as an [[object]] of the [[libidinal]] [[economy]]. [[Lacan]] makes [[narcissism]] an even more central aspect of the [[human]] [[psyche]], aligning it with the imaginary [[order]], one of the three major structures of the [[psyche]] (along with the [[Real]] and the [[symbolic]] [[order]]).  [[Lacan]] expands upon [[Freud]]'s concept, linking it more explicitly with its namesake, the [[myth]] of [[Narcissus]]. [[Narcissism]] has both an [[eroticism|erotic]] and an [[aggressivity|aggressive]] character. It is erotic in that the [[subject]] is strongly attracted to the [[gestalt]] that is his [[image]]. [[Narcissism]] is the erotic attraction to the [[specular image]].Such attraction underlies the primary [[identification]] by which the [[ego]] is formed in the [[mirror stage]]. It is [[aggressivity|aggressive]] in that the '[[wholeness]]' of the [[specular image]], undermined by the uncoordinated dis[[unity]] of the [[subject]]’s [[real]] [[body]], seems to threaten the [[subject]] with disintegration.

The ===="Narcissistic Suicidal Aggression"====In "[[Lacan|Remarks on Psychic Sausality]],"<ref>{{L}} "[[Work of Jacques Lacan|Propos sur la causalité psychique]]", in {{E}} [1946]. pp. 151-93</ref> [[Lacan]] coins the term "[[narcissism|narcissisticsuicidal aggression]] relation " (''[[narcissism|aggression suicidaire narcissique]]'') to express the fact that the [[eroticism|erotic]]-[[aggressive]] character of the [[narcissistic]] infatuation with the [[specular image]]) constitutes can lead the [[imaginary dimensionsubject]] to [[self]]-[[destruction]] (as the myth of human relationships[[Narcissus]] also illustrates).<ref>{{S3Ec}} p. 187; {{Ec}} p.92174</ref>

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