Open AccessSuperego and Will to Dominate Over Ego
Author(s) -
AhmadReza MohammadpourYazdi,
Martin Jandl
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
language and psychoanalysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.112
H-Index - 1
ISSN - 2049-324X
DOI - 10.7565/landp.v8i2.1604
Subject(s) - id, ego and super ego , conceptualization , context (archaeology) , psychic , ideology , psychology , psychoanalytic theory , psychoanalysis , social psychology , philosophy , politics , medicine , political science , linguistics , alternative medicine , pathology , law , paleontology , biology
The study of superego and ideology within the context of bodily ego and skin as a psychic wrapping is vital to understanding the intersubjective aspects of those individuals who are living in a mal-attuned or extreme situation. This paper investigates superego’s will to dominate over the skin-ego to satisfy the id by itself and takes an intermediate position between id and external reality. The authors further attempt is to conceptualize superego formation in a skin model of ego development in a synthetic way and redefine ideology within the context of this conceptualization. The term Encapsulated Skin-Ego may explain how when the skin-ego is dysfunctional, a certain part of superego comes into being a psychic wrapping instead of the skin-ego and has left its developmental position. Consequently, the skin-ego takes refuge in the encapsulated skin-ego to be secure. In addition, ideology has a hegemonic character and wishes to control social symbols to continue its domination over people’s minds and bodies. Ideology tries to encapsulate the skin-ego and deprive it of natural sensations to lead it to an isolated corner ultimately to suppress the thinking ego. Two-case studies present the psychoanalytic application of the authors’ ideas.