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[[Projection]] is a [[defence mechanism]] in which an [[internal]] [[desire]]]/[[thought]]/[[feeling]] is [[displaced]] and located [[outside]] the [[subject]], in another [[subject]].
  
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[[Projection]] is a defence [[mechanism]] in which an [[internal]] [[desire]]]/[[thought]]/[[feeling]] is [[displace]]d and located [[outside]] the [[subject]], in another [[subject]].  
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In a general sense, the term [[projection]] denotes an operation that consists in the [[displacement]] of something from one space to another, or from one part of a single space to another.
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Cutting off what the [superego]] perceives as "bad" aspects of oneself (e.g. weakness or homosexual desire) and projecting them onto someone else "over there" where they can be condemned, punished, etc..
  
 
For example a person who has been (or who feels) unfaithful to his partner may defend himself against [[feeling]]s of [[guilt]] by accusing the partner of being unfaithful.
 
For example a person who has been (or who feels) unfaithful to his partner may defend himself against [[feeling]]s of [[guilt]] by accusing the partner of being unfaithful.
  
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Whereas [[Freud]] and many other [[psychoanalyst]]s use the term '[[projection]]' to describe a [[mechanism]] which is present (to differing degrees) in both [[psychosis]] and [[neurosis]], [[Lacan]] understands the term '[[projection]]' as a purely [[neurotic]] [[mechanism]] and distinguishes it clearly from the apparently similar phenomenon that occurs in [[psychosis]] (which Lacan calls [[foreclosure]]).
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==Sigmund Freud==
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Whereas [[projection]] is rooted in the [[Imaginary]] [[dual relation]]ship between the [[ego]] and  the [[Counterpart]],<ref>{{S3}} p.145</ref> [[foreclosure]] goes beyond the [[Imaginary]] and instead involves a [[signifier]] which is not incorporated in the [[Symbolic]].
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[[Freud]] and many other [[psychoanalyst]]s use the term '[[projection]]' to describe a [[mechanism]] which is present (to differing degrees) in both [[psychosis]] and [[neurosis]].
  
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[[Lacan]] also rejects the view that [[introjection]] is the inverse of [[projection]], arguing that these two processes are located on quite different levels.
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==Jacques Lacan==
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Whereas [[projection]] is an [[Imaginary]] [[mechanism]], [[introjection]] is a [[Symbolic]] process.<ref>{{Ec}} p.655</ref>
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[[Lacan]] understands the term '[[projection]]' as a purely [[neurotic]] [[mechanism]] and distinguishes it clearly from the apparently similar phenomenon that occurs in [[psychosis]] (which Lacan calls [[foreclosure]]).  
  
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Cutting off what the [superego]] perceives as "bad" aspects of oneself (e.g. weakness or homosexual desire) and projecting them onto someone else "over there" where they can be condemned, punished, etc..
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Whereas [[projection]] is rooted in the [[imaginary]] [[dual relation]]ship between the [[ego]] and the [[counterpart]],<ref>{{S3}} p.145</ref> [[foreclosure]] goes beyond the [[imaginary]] and instead involves a [[signifier]] which is not incorporated in the [[symbolic]].
  
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In a general sense, the term [[projection]] refers to the [[displacement]] of something from one space to another, or from one part of a single space to another.
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===Introjection==
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More specifically, this term denotes an operation that consists of transporting a form, or certain elements of that form, onto a receptive support that may be real (as is the case with cinematographic projection) or imaginary (as is the case in projective geometry—for example, the projection of a cube onto a plane, which..
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[[Lacan]] also rejects the view that [[introjection]] is the inverse of [[projection]], arguing that these two processes are located on quite different levels.  
  
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Projection, 34, 46, 51, 54, 62,116,169, 199,200,203,204,227,228,240, 241,254 <ref>Muller, John P. and William J. Richardson. Lacan and Language: A Reader's Guide to Ecrits. New York: International Universiites Press, Inc., 1982.</ref>
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Whereas [[projection]] is an [[Imaginary]] [[mechanism]], [[introjection]] is a [[Symbolic]] process.<ref>{{Ec}} p.655</ref>
  
 
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Revision as of 12:56, 26 June 2006

Projection is a defence mechanism in which an internal desire]/thought/feeling is displaced and located outside the subject, in another subject.

In a general sense, the term projection denotes an operation that consists in the displacement of something from one space to another, or from one part of a single space to another.

Cutting off what the [superego]] perceives as "bad" aspects of oneself (e.g. weakness or homosexual desire) and projecting them onto someone else "over there" where they can be condemned, punished, etc..

For example a person who has been (or who feels) unfaithful to his partner may defend himself against feelings of guilt by accusing the partner of being unfaithful.

Sigmund Freud

Freud and many other psychoanalysts use the term 'projection' to describe a mechanism which is present (to differing degrees) in both psychosis and neurosis.

Jacques Lacan

Lacan understands the term 'projection' as a purely neurotic mechanism and distinguishes it clearly from the apparently similar phenomenon that occurs in psychosis (which Lacan calls foreclosure).

Whereas projection is rooted in the imaginary dual relationship between the ego and the counterpart,[1] foreclosure goes beyond the imaginary and instead involves a signifier which is not incorporated in the symbolic.

=Introjection

Lacan also rejects the view that introjection is the inverse of projection, arguing that these two processes are located on quite different levels.

Whereas projection is an Imaginary mechanism, introjection is a Symbolic process.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Lacan, Jacques. The Seminar. Book III. The Psychoses, 1955-56. Trans. Russell Grigg. London: Routledge, 1993. p.145
  2. ↑ Lacan, Jacques. Écrits. Paris: Seuil, 1966. p.655
  1. Muller, John P. and William J. Richardson. Lacan and Language: A Reader's Guide to Ecrits. New York: International Universiites Press, Inc., 1982. Projection, 34, 46, 51, 54, 62,116,169, 199,200,203,204,227,228,240, 241,254
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