Lectures on Lacan Podcast The Subversion of the Subject and the Dialectic of Desire, Part 6
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Sep 2, 2022 AI Snips
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The Power of Proper Names
- Meeting someone with the same first name as a problematic ex triggers immediate aversion or attraction at the signifier level.
- The master signifier creates a unique identity feeling for the proper name that feels deeply personal.
Distinguishing Big vs. Little Other
- The big Other represents society, law, and normativity as a symbolic container.
- Little others represent imaginary relationships or individual instantiations, like the ideal ego, often involving fantasy.
Objects as Ideal Ego Extensions
- People identify with objects or possessions, like cars or phone cases, as part of their ideal ego.
- These imagined attachments serve as crutches to prop up feelings of inadequacy.