Analysis of the Theme of ‘Conflict’ in Geography Education Based on the Concept of Jouissance and Superego in Lacan’s Psychoanalysis

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Analysis of the Theme of ‘Conflict’ in Geography Education Based on the Concept of Jouissance and Superego in Lacan’s Psychoanalysis 라깡 정신분석의 주이상스와 초자아 개념에 의한 지리교육의 ‘갈등’ 주제에 대한 분석: 김미혜^1†
Mihye Kim^1†; ¹광주광천초등학교 교사

¹Teacher, Gwangju Gwangcheon Elementary School

31 March 2024. pp. 47~71

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Abstract

This study assumes that the superego, one of the human Psychic agency pursues an insidious jouissance, causing human conflict with others. Accordingly, the purpose of this study is to interpret the causes of human conflict, which is an important topic in geography education, based on the perspectives of jouissance and superego. It is assumes that humans have lost the jouissance they previously had in order to enter the world of law. Therefore, subject comes to desire the lost object a in order to fill the lack of the castrated position. Humans should have enjoyment by discerning ‘objet petit a’ in an ethical manner, but due to the manifestation of the superego, they believe that ‘objet petit a’ has been stolen by others. Therefore, humans hate others who illegally occupies one’s ‘objet petit a’, humans experience extreme conflict. There are many situations where the superego tries to enjoy jouissance in an unethical way, mainly in the areas of religion, race, ethnicity, and politics. In order for students to live together with the geographical others in an ethical way, it is necessary to suppress the expression of the superego, which seeks to gain enjoyment by considering the others illegally. Accordingly, it is necessary to guide students through geography education so that they can discern ‘objet petit a’ and obtain ethical enjoyment. In conclusion, it is important to know that the ‘objet petit a’ is shared between I and the other, and Lacan’s humanistic value of ‘I am the other and the other is I’ needs to be incorporated into geography education.

Keywords

Superego

Jouissance

Three register

Fantasy

Geography education

본 논문은 인간의 정신적 행위자중 하나인 초자아가 음험한 주이상스를 추구함으로써 인간이 타자와의 갈등을 유발한다고 보고 있다. 이에 본 연구는 지리교육에서 중요하게 다루는 인간 간의 갈등의 원인을 주이상스와 초자아의 관점에 기반하여 해석하는 것을 목적으로 한다. 인간은 법의 세계에 진입하기 위해 이전에 가졌던 향락을 거세당했다고 여긴다. 따라서 인간은 거세당한 자리의 결핍을 채우기 위해 잃어버렸던 대상 a를 욕망하게 된다. 인간은 윤리적인 방식으로 대상 a를 분별함으로써 향락을 누려야 하는데, 초자아의 발현으로 인해 대상 a를 타자가 절도했다고 여긴다. 따라서 인간은 자신의 대상 a를 불법적으로 점유한 타자를 증오함으로써, 나와 타자는 극심한 갈등을 겪게 된다. 주로 종교･인종･민족･정치 영역에서 초자아가 비윤리적인 방식으로 주이상스를 향유하려는 정황이 많이 드러난다. 학생들이 지리적 타자와 윤리적인 방식으로 더불어 살기 위해서는 타자를 불법적으로 간주함으로써 향락을 얻으려는 초자아의 발현을 억제할 필요가 있다. 이에 지리교육을 통해 학생이 대상 a를 끝까지 분별하여 윤리적인 향락을 얻을 수 있도록 지도할 필요가 있다. 결론적으로 나와 타자가 대상 a를 공유한 관계라는 것을 아는 것이 중요하며, ‘내가 타자이고 타자가 나’라는 라깡의 인문학적 가치가 지리교육에 접목될 필요가 있다.

키워드

초자아

향락

세 개의 계

환상

지리교육

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Publisher :The Association of Korean Geographers
Publisher(Ko) :한국지리학회
Journal Title :Journal of the Association of Korean Geographers
Journal Title(Ko) :한국지리학회지
Volume : 13
No :1
Pages :47~71
DOI :https://doi.org/10.25202/JAKG.13.1.4

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[2] Bjerre, H.J., 2023, Master, Don’t You See That I Am Learning?, Problemi, 61(11-12), 247-262.

[3] Blanuša., N. and Jerbić, V., 2021, Enjoying an Empty Edifice: Nationalism Through the Lenses of Lacanian Psychoanalysis, Anali Hrvatskog Politološkog Društva, 18(1), 303-323. 10.20901/an.18.13

[4] Copjec, J., 2002, Imagine There’s NoWoman: Ethics and Sublimation, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 10.7551/mitpress/3668.001.0001

[5] De Chavez, C., 2015, Superego Injunction: Why Yes Means No, Golden Line, 26-29.

[6] Evans, D., 1996, An Introductory Dictionary of Lacanian Psychoanalysis, London: Routledge(강성룡･권희영･김병준･김종주･손병우･신명아･이수연･이만우･이유섭･이윤희･조중근･한영구 역, 1998, ｢라깡 정신분석 사전｣, 서울: 인간사랑).

[7] Floury, N., 2010, Le Réel Insensé - Introduction à la Pensée de Jacques-Alain Miller, France: Germina(임창석 역, 2022, ｢상식을 넘어선 현실계- 자크 알랭 밀레와 라캉 오리엔테이션｣, 성남: EDITUS).

[8] Harrison, N., 2012, Aborigines of the Imaginary: Applying Lacan to Aboriginal Education, Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 40(1), 5-14. 10.1080/1359866X.2011.643764

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[12] Kingsbury, P., 2011, The World Cup and the National Thing on Commercial Drive, Vancouver, Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 29(4), 716-737. 10.1068/d4410

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[16] Lévi-Strauss, C., 1989, Strukturalna Antropologija, Zagreb: Stvarnost.

[17] Lichtenberg, J.D., 2004, Commentary on “The Superego-a Vital or Supplanted Concept?, Psychoanalytic Inquiry, 24(2), 328-339. 10.1080/07351692409349086

[18] McGowan, T., 2004 , The End of Dissatisfaction? Jaques Lacan and the Emerging Society of Enjoyment, Albany NY: SUNY Press. 10.1353/book4760

[19] Nedoh, B., 2020, Now I Am Become Death, Destroyer of Worlds’: Science, Perversion, Psychoanalysis, Journal for Cultural Research, 24(4), 315-333. 10.1080/14797585.2020.1861811

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[21] Salecl, R., 1993, The Spoils of Freedom: Psychoanalysis and Feminism After the Fall of Socialism, London and New York: Routledge.

[22] Satrapi, M., 2006, Persepolis, London: Random House.

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[29] Žižek, S., 1994, The Metastases of Enjoyment: Six Essays on Woman and Causality, London: Verso.

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[31] Žižek, S., 2005, Interrogating the Real, New York and London: Continuum.

[32] Žižek, S., 2021, The Vagaries of the Superego, Elementa. Intersections between Philosophy, Epistemology and Empirical Perspectives, 1(1-2), 13-31. 10.7358/elem-2021-0102-zize

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