A Discussion About Lacan's Psychoanalytic Criticism To The Concept Of "Ego" In The History Of Philosophy

This thesis mainly discusses Jacque Lacan's psychoanalytic criticism to "ego",which is known as a concept in the field of philosophy.According to Descartes' and other philosophies of consciousness opinions,"ego" is regarded as a subject who has the rational ability to explore the world and has its own initiative significance as a living life.However,Freud's psychoanalysis has discovered the Irratlonalfactors in personality structure of subject,while the thinkers of French Structuralism argues that the concept of "ego" is Just as an outcome of cultural construction.With the help of Saussure's linguistic concept,Lacan deeply analyzes the "unconscious"symptoms and desires of human beings,and reproves the concept of "self" by his psychoanalysls theory.This research pays more attention to Lacan's unique argumentation.Lacan believes that"ego" is initially only an imaginary Identity obtained by the personal Image In "mirror stage".Then it becomes a social personality after the subject learn how to speak and express own thought and feeling,whose desire being castrated by the "other".The "other" symbolizes the law and regulation of our society,culture or morality,which continues to be a prior to affect the generational structure of "ego",or dominate It.Lacan has given three schemas to illustrate the structure of "ego",the Schema R,I and L."Ego",as the subject,has always been relating with the "other" in a Mobius Ring,which is composed of three registers Lacan introduces,the" imaginaire/imaginary",the"symbolique/symbolic" and the " reel/real".The "ego" keeps pursuit the residual enjoyment after desire being castrated,as it called:objet a.Lacan claims that "Ego" cannot appear as the subject in Its original form,because its symptom of the unconscious is a psychoanalysis language of " other",Its desire is only the one of" other",either.Thus,after a text Interpretation,it is shown the genius of Lacan's theory.He focus on the psychoanalysis In our discourse in the dally life.The "ego",as the subject of survival,is no longer the true and undeniable one in the former philosophers' Ideas.It is a replaced one by the "other" In Its structure,so that it never play a truly role In our lives;on the contrary,it always obtains its task as a role given from "other" and be alienated by the "other".