From the generalized child to the subject responsible for their jouissance

Authors

  • Zilda Machado EPFCL

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31683/stylus.v1i50.1235

Keywords:

Generalized child, Identification, Segregation, Psychoanalysis, Responsibility for one’s jouissance

Abstract

This article reflects on Lacan’s assertion of the “generalized child,” proposing it as the position of the alienated subject in search of a savior Other who can rescue them from the structural helplessness they desperately try to cover up. From this amorphous mass, psychoanalysis can extract the subject and lead them to take responsibility for their jouissance, finding—in their own style—other ways of sustaining their difference in the world. In other words, not only through the two operators of mass psychology—identification and segregation, but finding their own style. A clinical case presents a subject who assumes responsibility for their jouissance at the age of seven.

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References

Lacan, J. (1985). Seminário 20: mais, ainda. Rio de Janeiro: Jorge Zahar Editor. (Trabalho original publicado em 1972-1973)

Lacan, J. (1998). A agressividade em psicanálise. In J. Lacan. Escritos (pp. 104-126). Rio de Janeiro: Jorge Zahar Editor. (Trabalho original publicado em 1948)

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Lacan, J. (2005). Seminário 10: a angústia. Rio de Janeiro: Jorge Zahar Editor. (Trabalho original publicado em 1962-1963)

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Published

2025-07-16

How to Cite

Machado, Z. (2025). From the generalized child to the subject responsible for their jouissance. Journal of Psychoanalysis, 1(50), pp. 65–70. https://doi.org/10.31683/stylus.v1i50.1235

Issue

No. 50 (2025): The generalized child in the clinic and in the city of discourses

Section

CRITICAL PAPER WITH THE CONCEPTS

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