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Seduction, persecution, revelation.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  8543426     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The author argues that seduction is not primarily a fantasy but a 'real' situation, which lies at the heart of the other two allegedly primal major scenarios: castration and the primal scene. This statement is not to be confused with an event-based realism, as, for this to be achieved, a third category of reality must be postulated. This reality, constantly misconstrued by authors as corresponding to material and psychological reality, is that of the message conveyed and, more specifically in the case of analysis, the enigmatic message. To establish his position the author re-examines Freud's presentation of the Schreber case. The sexual other and his intrusion are the essential points of Freud's analysis in the first part of his study. In the second part, however, desexualisation (in the name of love) and a return to the ego, as the centre of the whole process, both being evident in the 'primary' sentence from which Freud proposes to derive everything: 'I (a man) love him (a man)'. This leads us to a consideration of Fichte's concept of Bekanntmachung, the 'announcement' by the other and to an argument that the message stemming from the other is irreducible to a projection by the subject, within the three domains of primal seduction, paranoia and religious 'revelation'.
Authors:
J Laplanche
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The International journal of psycho-analysis     Volume:  76 ( Pt 4)     ISSN:  0020-7578     ISO Abbreviation:  Int J Psychoanal     Publication Date:  1995 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1996-02-14     Completed Date:  1996-02-14     Revised Date:  2004-11-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  2985179R     Medline TA:  Int J Psychoanal     Country:  ENGLAND    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  663-82     Citation Subset:  IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Delusions / psychology,  therapy
Fantasy
Female
Freudian Theory*
Humans
Love
Male
Professional-Patient Relations
Projection
Psychoanalytic Therapy*
Psychosexual Development*
Religion and Psychology
Sexual Behavior*

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