Sobre la identificacion y la alienacion

Abstract

What would a desire that is not based on the desire of the Other be like? On the basis of Lacans formula that desire is the desire of the Other, the paper poses a question that has to do with analytical practice and its horizon. We address the dimension of a desire based on the necessary identification with the Other, which results from consenting to the relation with the Other and which logically entails alienation. We attempt to describe the perspective, evident since Lacans early writings, which accounts, first, for a desire originating in alienation and then for the transition to a desire that would be the consequence of the failure of identifications. Our proposal is that this desire, as the effect of the separation from the Other reveals the true identity of the subject and, therefore, the disalienation of capitalist discourse.