1. BICOL UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
Daraga, Albay
PHILIPPINE POP CULTURE
“THE SUBLIME OBJECT OF
IDEOLOGY”
Prepared By:
JOHN REY D. RAVAGO
BSED SCIENCE 2-A
September 14, 2019
2. Slavoj zîzêk (1949)
Slovene philosopher and cultural
theorist whose works addressed
themes in psychoanalysis, politics,
and popular culture.
Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)
An Austrian neurologist and the
founder of psychoanalysis, who
created an entirely new approach
to the understanding of the human
personality.
Freud’s Personality Components
1) Id- operates on the pleasure
principles.
2) Ego- operates using the reality
principle.
3) Superego- embodies a person’s
person’s moral aspect.
MIRROR STAGE
The mirror stage describes the formation of the Ego via
the process of identification, the Ego being the result of
identifying with one's own specular image. At six months
the baby still lacks coordination; however, Lacan hypothesized
that the baby can recognize itself in the mirror before attaining
control over its bodily movements. The child sees its image as
a whole, but this contrasts with the lack of coordination of the
body and leads the child to perceive a fragmented body. This
contrast, Lacan hypothesized, is first felt by the infant as a
rivalry with its own image, because the wholeness of the image
threatens it with fragmentation; thus the mirror stage gives rise
to an aggressive tension between the subject and the image. To
resolve this aggressive tension, the subject identifies with the
image: this primary identification with the counterpart is what
forms the Ego.
The mirror stage, Lacan also hypothesized, shows that the
Ego is the product of misunderstanding -"méconnaissance"
implies a false recognition. Additionally, the mirror stage is
where the subject becomes alienated from itself, and thus is
introduced into the Imaginary order.
THE SUBLIME OBJECT OF IDEOLOGY
3. Jacques Lacan (1901-1981)
A 20th century psychiatrist,
psychoanalyst, and philosopher
who expanded upon and redefined
Freud's work.
Contribution to Psychology:
Lacan remapped Sigmund
Freud's theories. Freud’s superego,
ego, and id were labeled the
symbolic order, the imaginary
order, and the real, respectively.
1. The symbolic order is
supreme and undermines the
ego’s autonomy.
2. The imaginary order is
involved in repression,
self-representation, and the
assimilation of a constructed,
imaginary reality.
3. The real defies definition.
Lacan likens it to the real in
science that is elusive and
impossible to grasp in its
entirety.
STRUCTURE OF THE PSYCHE
Lacan's version of psychosexual development is, therefore,
organized around the subject's ability to recognize, first, iconic
signs and, then, eventually, language.
The psyche can be divided into three major structures
(Real, Imaginary Order and Symbolic Order). The that control
our lives and our desires. Most of Lacan's many terms for the
full complexity of the psyche's workings can be related to these
three major concepts, which correlate roughly to the three main
moments in the individual's development.
The Real. This concept marks the state of nature from which
we have been forever severed by our entrance into language.
Only as neo-natal children were we close to this state of nature,
a state in which there is nothing but need.
The Imaginary Order. This concept corresponds to the mirror
stage and marks the movement of the subject from primal need
to what Lacan terms "demand." As the connection to the mirror
stage suggests, the "imaginary" is primarily narcissistic even
though it sets the stage for the fantasies of desire.
The Symbolic Order (or the "big Other"). Whereas the
imaginary is all about equations and identifications, the
symbolic is about language and narrative. Once a child enters
into language and accepts the rules and dictates of society, it is
able to deal with others. The acceptance of language's rules is
aligned with the Oedipus complex, according to Lacan.
