Aggressiveness in Psychoanalysis

Neill, Calum; Eyers, Tom

Abstract

This chapter provides a close reading of Lacan's essay ‘Aggressiveness in Psychoanalysis’. In this écrit, Lacan situates aggression as a fundamental force in the emergence of subjectivity and in the formation of the ego in particular. In the process, Lacan challenges the traditional understanding of aggression as a purely destructive or negative force, linking it to Freud's notion of the death drive and his own developing idea of paranoiac knowledge.

Citation

Neill, C., & Eyers, T. (2024). Aggressiveness in Psychoanalysis. In C. Neill, D. Hook, & S. Vanheule (Eds.), Reading Lacan's Ecrits: From 'Overture' to 'Presentation on Psychical Causality'. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003368649-7

• Acceptance Date: Apr 25, 2023
• Online Publication Date: Feb 23, 2024
• Publication Date: Feb 23, 2024
• Deposit Date: Feb 22, 2024
• Publisher: Routledge
• Book Title: Reading Lacan's Ecrits: From 'Overture' to 'Presentation on Psychical Causality'
• ISBN: 9781032437361
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003368649-7
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/3084423