Abstract:
We propose a relationship between the reification of the body and the process of imaginarization. Imaginarization is a notion only alluded to in Lacan’s work. We propose a reading about clinical presentations in which a neurotic depressive state prevails. The hypothesis: in these situations, the subject seems to be reduced to his own body, in response to certain demands of contemporary culture. Thus, we seek to shed light on the automatism of the jouissance of the body in the drive circuit. Through the notion of imaginarization, it is possible to highlight a particular framework that the subject gives to jouissance, instead of positioning themselves as lacking in the relationship with the Other.
Keywords:
imaginarization; body reification; psychoanalytic clinic; Jacques Lacan