“…Various authors, such as Bon (2006) or Friedman (2016, p. 169 ff) interpret this circle as the desire itself. Nemitz (2013), on the other hand, refers to a contradictory statement by Lacan:There must be something which is related to the little object of metonymy in so far as it is this object.…”
Section: What Is a Torus?mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In our model, we follow the (simplifying) view of Bon (2006) and Friedman (2016), and state that the circles inscribed on the surface of the torus act as demand (D) and desire (d), and that the centre of the torus is occupied by various objects which are lost, forbidden or present, but in any case, coveted. We now attempt to understand the results of our transplant study according to this toric model.…”
Section: What Is a Torus?mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Various authors, such as Bon (2006) or Friedman (2016, p. 169 ff) interpret this circle as the desire itself. Nemitz (2013), on the other hand, refers to a contradictory statement by Lacan:…”
An organ transplant involves complex psychodynamic processing that has been explored particularly in terms of object relationship theory. In the present study, we develop a model of transplantation based primarily on Lacan's explanations of the torus. In a prospective study, we examined 40 patients, 2 weeks, 3 months and 6 months post-transplant. Based on the analysis of a dream, we identified the so-called 'transplantation complex' in the form of earlier, for example, oral-sadistic fantasies. In a further step, we examined the extent to which direct and indirect indications of this complex were found in the interviews of the total sample. In the present paper, these results are related to Lacan's graph of the torus. Our results display the dialectic of a repetitive demand, especially on the lungs, and the desire for an object that is basically lost or Oedipally forbidden. This dialectic may explain both the different quality of life and the frequent occurrence of feelings of guilt reported by the patients. We also show the function of identification, for example, with a single trait of the donor. Overall, the model of the torus may be a way of understanding the processing of the transplant in a deeper and more coherent psychodynamic manner.
“…Various authors, such as Bon (2006) or Friedman (2016, p. 169 ff) interpret this circle as the desire itself. Nemitz (2013), on the other hand, refers to a contradictory statement by Lacan:There must be something which is related to the little object of metonymy in so far as it is this object.…”
Section: What Is a Torus?mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In our model, we follow the (simplifying) view of Bon (2006) and Friedman (2016), and state that the circles inscribed on the surface of the torus act as demand (D) and desire (d), and that the centre of the torus is occupied by various objects which are lost, forbidden or present, but in any case, coveted. We now attempt to understand the results of our transplant study according to this toric model.…”
Section: What Is a Torus?mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Various authors, such as Bon (2006) or Friedman (2016, p. 169 ff) interpret this circle as the desire itself. Nemitz (2013), on the other hand, refers to a contradictory statement by Lacan:…”
An organ transplant involves complex psychodynamic processing that has been explored particularly in terms of object relationship theory. In the present study, we develop a model of transplantation based primarily on Lacan's explanations of the torus. In a prospective study, we examined 40 patients, 2 weeks, 3 months and 6 months post-transplant. Based on the analysis of a dream, we identified the so-called 'transplantation complex' in the form of earlier, for example, oral-sadistic fantasies. In a further step, we examined the extent to which direct and indirect indications of this complex were found in the interviews of the total sample. In the present paper, these results are related to Lacan's graph of the torus. Our results display the dialectic of a repetitive demand, especially on the lungs, and the desire for an object that is basically lost or Oedipally forbidden. This dialectic may explain both the different quality of life and the frequent occurrence of feelings of guilt reported by the patients. We also show the function of identification, for example, with a single trait of the donor. Overall, the model of the torus may be a way of understanding the processing of the transplant in a deeper and more coherent psychodynamic manner.
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