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Love is the Delusion of Saying: "I Love (to) You".

  • Published In: Psychoanalytic Review, 2025, v. 112, n. 2. P. 185 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Lee, Meera 3 of 3

Abstract

This contribution investigates the delusional structure of love as theorized by Sigmund Freud and Jacques Lacan, with particular emphasis on Lacan's axiom, "There's no such thing as a sexual relationship." Tracing love's trajectory from narcissistic identification in the mirror stage to its later formulation as semblance and structural void, it argues that love functions both as an act of creation and as a delusional response to the absence of sexual rapport. Through close readings of Lacan's seminars and Freud's writings on narcissism, the author introduces the notion of everyday delusion as a clinical and ethical framework for the practice and transmission of psychoanalysis today. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Psychoanalytic Review. 2025/06, Vol. 112, Issue 2, p185
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Social Sciences and Humanities
  • Publication Date:2025
  • ISSN:0033-2836
  • DOI:10.1521/prev.2025.112.2.185
  • Accession Number:186223262
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