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Lacan and Freud : beyond the pleasure principle

Thesis (MA (Psychology))--University of Stellenbosch, 2010.

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Main Author: Van der Merwe, Petrus Lodewikus
Other Authors: Painter, Desmond
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Published: Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch 2010
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spelling oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/4262 Lacan and Freud : beyond the pleasure principle Van der Merwe, Petrus Lodewikus Painter, Desmond University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Psychology. Pleasure principle Reality principle Lacan, Jacques,1901-1981 -- Criticism and interpretation Freud, Sigmund,1856-1939 -- Criticism and interpretation Pleasure Psychoanalysis Dissertations -- Psychology Theses -- Psychology Thesis (MA (Psychology))--University of Stellenbosch, 2010. ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Jacques Lacan and Sigmund Freud‟s ideas are presented with specific emphasis on the themes presented in Freud‟s (1920a) Beyond the Pleasure Principle. Freud‟s Project for a Scientific Psychology (1950) provides important clues to describe the pleasure principle in terms of Quantity (Q), facilitations [Bahnung] and contact-barriers. Therefore, the implications of the pleasure principle relate greatly to 1) Freud‟s notion of the unconscious, 2) Lacan‟s explanation of das Ding, 3) the difference between jouissance and plaisir, and 4) the relationship between das Ding and the Law. Lacan‟s understanding of the death drive is consequently the culmination of all the topics mentioned and repeated throughout. Lacan‟s description of the death drive is twofold: firstly, the mechanical explanation of the pleasure principle, and secondly, how desire features within the pleasure principle. Lacan‟s description of the death drive encompasses libido, desire, economy, Linguistics, and the Oedipus complex, which illustrates why Freud‟s (1920) Beyond the Pleasure Principle is not only an important text in Freud‟s oeuvre, but also in Lacan‟s. AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Jacques Lacan en Sigmund Freud se idees word nagegaan met spesifieke beklemtoning van die temas in Freud (1920a) se Beyond the Pleasure Principle. Freud (1950) se Project for a Scientific Psychology verskaf belangrike wenke vir die beskrywing van die pleasure principle in terme van kwantiteit (Q), fasilitasies (Bahnung) en kontak-versperrings [contact-barriers]. Gevolglik het die implikasies van die pleasure principle betrekking tot 1) Freud se begrip van die onbewussyn, 2) Lacan se verduideliking van das Ding, 3)die verskil tussen jouissance en plaisir, en 4) die verhouding tussen das Ding en die Wet. Lacan se begrip van die doodsdrang (death drive) is gevolglik die toppunt van al die onderwerpe wat deurentyd genoem en herhaal is. Lacan se beskrywing van die doodsdrang is tweedelig: eerstens, die meganiese verduideliking van die pleasure principle en tweedens, die rol van begeerte in die pleasure principle. Lacan se beskrywing van die doodsdrang behels libido, begeerte, ekonomie, Linguistiek, en die Oedipus-kompleks, wat wys hoekom Freud (1920) se Beyond the Pleasure Principle nie net „n belangrike teks in Freud se werke is nie, maar ook in Lacan s‟n. Masters 2010-02-18T10:58:00Z 2010-08-13T15:00:48Z 2010-02-18T10:58:00Z 2010-08-13T15:00:48Z 2010-03 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/4262 en University of Stellenbosch ix, 183 p. application/pdf Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch
spellingShingle Pleasure principle
Reality principle
Lacan, Jacques,1901-1981 -- Criticism and interpretation
Freud, Sigmund,1856-1939 -- Criticism and interpretation
Pleasure
Psychoanalysis
Dissertations -- Psychology
Theses -- Psychology
Van der Merwe, Petrus Lodewikus
Lacan and Freud : beyond the pleasure principle
title Lacan and Freud : beyond the pleasure principle
title_full Lacan and Freud : beyond the pleasure principle
title_fullStr Lacan and Freud : beyond the pleasure principle
title_full_unstemmed Lacan and Freud : beyond the pleasure principle
title_short Lacan and Freud : beyond the pleasure principle
title_sort lacan and freud beyond the pleasure principle
topic Pleasure principle
Reality principle
Lacan, Jacques,1901-1981 -- Criticism and interpretation
Freud, Sigmund,1856-1939 -- Criticism and interpretation
Pleasure
Psychoanalysis
Dissertations -- Psychology
Theses -- Psychology
url http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/4262
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